Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM

Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

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25°C
Feels like 28°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
7 mph ENE
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.5
Cloud Cover
57%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lincoln County is currently partly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1332 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 8:06PM.

64 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
25°
61%
8 PM
23°
70%
9 PM
22°
74%
10 PM
21°
85%
11 PM
21°
67%
12 AM
20°
58%
1 AM
21°
55%
2 AM
21°
43%
3 AM
21°
43%
4 AM
21°
42%
5 AM
18°
24%
6 AM
18°
18%
7 AM
19°
18%
8 AM
19°
18%
9 AM
21°
20%
10 AM
22°
25%
11 AM
23°
31%
12 PM
24°
31%
1 PM
26°
31%
2 PM
28°
24%
3 PM
28°
27%
4 PM
28°
27%
5 PM
28°
37%
6 PM
28°
36%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 85% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
30° 16°
Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
31° 18°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
28° 19°
Rain, 80% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 25° Partly Cloudy 61% 7 mph ENE 91%
8 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph ENE 96%
9 PM 22° Overcast 74% 5 mph ENE 97%
10 PM 21° Rain 85% 4 mph ENE 98%
11 PM 21° Rain 67% 2 mph NE 98%
12 AM 20° Rain 58% 2 mph NNE 98%
1 AM 21° Rain 55% 2 mph NW 97%
2 AM 21° Rain 43% 2 mph WNW 97%
3 AM 21° Rain 43% 2 mph WNW 97%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 42% 3 mph NNW 97%
5 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 24% 2 mph N 97%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 18% 2 mph NNE 96%
7 AM 19° Overcast 18% 2 mph NNE 96%
8 AM 19° Overcast 18% 2 mph NNE 93%
9 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 20% 2 mph NNE 87%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 25% 2 mph NNE 81%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 31% 2 mph NW 75%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph W 68%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph WSW 62%
2 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 24% 3 mph SW 59%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 27% 3 mph SW 58%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 27% 4 mph SSW 56%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 37% 4 mph SSW 59%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 36% 4 mph SW 64%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Partly Cloudy
85%
18°
29°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
55%
18°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
6%
18°
31°
Mon
8/24
Clear
39%
16°
30°
Tue
8/25
Mostly Clear
15%
16°
30°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
80%
18°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
80%
19°
28°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
20°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
19°
32°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
54%
19°
32°
Mon
8/31
Overcast
40%
19°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
64
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
35 AQI 6.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
64 AQI 59 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 64 Moderate 64 35
Sun 42 Good 42 32
Mon 37 Good 35 37
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Fri Aug 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1113 J/kg
MLCAPE980 J/kg
MUCAPE1388 J/kg
SBCIN-22 J/kg
MLCIN-14 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH32
0–3 km SRH143
Eff. SRH143
Storm Motion293° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.4
Supercell2.6
K-Index33.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.82 in
0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals47.8
LCL942 hPa
LFC843 hPa
EL194 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,439 ft