Heat Advisory — Robeson, NC, Bladen, NC, Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Marlboro, SC, Dillon, SC, Marion, SC, Coastal Horry, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 6:00 PM Beach Hazards Statement — Coastal Pender, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC 7:00 PM

Wilmington, North Carolina

Last updated: 11:02 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
30°C
Feels like 36°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 28°
Wind
15 mph SSW
Humidity
74%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
7.4
Cloud Cover
67%
Sunrise
6:15 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wilmington is currently mostly cloudy at 30°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2795 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:15AM · Sunset: 8:20PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Robeson, NC, Bladen, NC, Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Marlboro, SC, Dillon, SC, Marion, SC, Coastal Horry, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 6:00 PM
Beach Hazards Statement
Coastal Pender, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
49 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
30°
21%
1 PM
31°
37%
2 PM
32°
29%
3 PM
32°
28%
4 PM
32°
28%
5 PM
32°
27%
6 PM
31°
27%
7 PM
31°
15%
8 PM
30°
3%
9 PM
30°
5%
10 PM
29°
8%
11 PM
29°
17%
12 AM
29°
17%
1 AM
29°
21%
2 AM
28°
21%
3 AM
28°
21%
4 AM
28°
33%
5 AM
28°
27%
6 AM
28°
28%
7 AM
28°
24%
8 AM
28°
24%
9 AM
29°
24%
10 AM
30°
24%
11 AM
31°
27%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 28°
Mostly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Wed
33° 27°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 26°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
31° 26°
Partly Cloudy with a 82% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 23°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
32° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 25°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 30° Mostly Cloudy 21% 15 mph SSW 74%
1 PM 31° Overcast 37% 16 mph SSW 70%
2 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 29% 18 mph SSW 70%
3 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 28% 18 mph SSW 71%
4 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 28% 19 mph SSW 72%
5 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 27% 20 mph SSW 74%
6 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 27% 20 mph SSW 76%
7 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 15% 19 mph SSW 79%
8 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 18 mph SSW 81%
9 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 5% 18 mph SSW 82%
10 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 8% 18 mph SSW 83%
11 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 17% 19 mph SSW 84%
12 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 17% 19 mph SSW 83%
1 AM 29° Overcast 21% 19 mph SSW 82%
2 AM 28° Overcast 21% 19 mph SSW 82%
3 AM 28° Overcast 21% 18 mph SSW 82%
4 AM 28° Overcast 33% 18 mph SSW 82%
5 AM 28° Overcast 27% 17 mph SSW 82%
6 AM 28° Overcast 28% 17 mph SSW 82%
7 AM 28° Overcast 24% 16 mph SSW 83%
8 AM 28° Overcast 24% 16 mph SSW 82%
9 AM 29° Overcast 24% 16 mph SSW 80%
10 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 24% 16 mph SSW 77%
11 AM 31° Mostly Cloudy 27% 17 mph SSW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
28%
28°
33°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
29%
27°
33°
Thu
7/23
Heavy Rain
90%
26°
32°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
82%
26°
31°
Sat
7/25
Heavy Rain
90%
23°
29°
Sun
7/26
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
53%
25°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
90%
25°
37°
Wed
7/29
Thunderstorm
68%
26°
36°
Thu
7/30
Rain
68%
24°
33°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
25°
32°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
25°
32°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
25°
32°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
25°
32°
49
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
49 AQI 8.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 49 Good 31 49
Thu 43 Good 35 43
Fri 44 Good 27 44
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 Tue Jul 21, 14:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3136 J/kg
MLCAPE2897 J/kg
MUCAPE3512 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-8.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear14 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear10 kt
0–1 km SRH-26
0–3 km SRH-16
Eff. SRH-16
Storm Motion211° @ 32 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.36 in
0–3 km LR6.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals50.4
LCL944 hPa
LFC1015 hPa
EL147 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,502 ft