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Wilmington, North Carolina

Last updated: 9:22 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
10 mph NNE
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
30.02 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
60%
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
7:08 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wilmington is currently mostly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 62% around 11 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 823 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:59AM · Sunset: 7:08PM.

39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
32%
11 PM
23°
40%
12 AM
23°
58%
1 AM
23°
33%
2 AM
23°
20%
3 AM
22°
20%
4 AM
22°
19%
5 AM
22°
27%
6 AM
22°
27%
7 AM
22°
27%
8 AM
22°
28%
9 AM
24°
36%
10 AM
24°
53%
11 AM
25°
62%
12 PM
25°
52%
1 PM
27°
52%
2 PM
27°
43%
3 PM
26°
43%
4 PM
26°
46%
5 PM
24°
34%
6 PM
24°
24%
7 PM
24°
20%
8 PM
24°
14%
9 PM
22°
24%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 21°
Overcast with a 53% chance of rain.
Thu
25° 17°
Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.
Fri
26° 14°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
27° 14°
Clear.
Sun
27° 16°
Clear.
Mon
27° 19°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 32% 10 mph NNE 87%
11 PM 23° Overcast 40% 11 mph NNE 89%
12 AM 23° Overcast 58% 11 mph NNE 89%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 33% 11 mph N 89%
2 AM 23° Overcast 20% 11 mph N 91%
3 AM 22° Overcast 20% 12 mph N 92%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 12 mph NNE 92%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 27% 13 mph NNE 92%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 27% 14 mph N 92%
7 AM 22° Overcast 27% 14 mph NNE 90%
8 AM 22° Overcast 28% 15 mph NNE 88%
9 AM 24° Overcast 36% 15 mph NNE 84%
10 AM 24° Overcast 53% 16 mph NNE 81%
11 AM 25° Overcast 62% 16 mph NNE 79%
12 PM 25° Overcast 52% 17 mph NNE 78%
1 PM 27° Overcast 52% 18 mph NNE 77%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 43% 17 mph NNE 78%
3 PM 26° Overcast 43% 17 mph NNE 79%
4 PM 26° Overcast 46% 17 mph NNE 80%
5 PM 24° Overcast 34% 17 mph NNE 80%
6 PM 24° Overcast 24% 17 mph NNE 81%
7 PM 24° Overcast 20% 17 mph NNE 81%
8 PM 24° Overcast 14% 17 mph NNE 82%
9 PM 22° Overcast 24% 17 mph NNE 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Mostly Cloudy
32%
22°
26°
Wed
9/23
Overcast
53%
21°
27°
Thu
9/24
Overcast
64%
17°
25°
Fri
9/25
Partly Cloudy
7%
14°
26°
Sat
9/26
Clear
3%
14°
27°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
16°
27°
Mon
9/28
Clear
8%
19°
27°
Tue
9/29
Clear
17%
19°
28°
Wed
9/30
Rain
68%
21°
29°
Thu
10/1
Drizzle
44%
22°
28°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
27°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
27°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
18°
26°
39
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
22 AQI 24 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 22 39
Thu 42 Good 25 42
Fri 42 Good 22 42
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 Wed Sep 23, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE781 J/kg
MLCAPE614 J/kg
MUCAPE1285 J/kg
SBCIN-32 J/kg
MLCIN-9 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear11 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-39
0–3 km SRH-18
Eff. SRH-18
Storm Motion14° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index32.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.11 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals42.7
LCL984 hPa
LFC927 hPa
EL215 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,197 ft