Topsail Beach, North Carolina

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24°C

Feels like 26°

Partly Cloudy

▲ 26° / ▼ 22°

Wind

10 mph NNE

Humidity

86%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

30.02 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

50%

Sunrise

6:58 AM

Sunset

7:07 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Topsail Beach is currently partly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 53% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 615 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:58AM · Sunset: 7:07PM.

45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

24°

32%

11 PM

23°

53%

12 AM

23°

42%

1 AM

23°

41%

2 AM

23°

28%

3 AM

22°

28%

4 AM

22°

27%

5 AM

22°

19%

6 AM

22°

23%

7 AM

22°

33%

8 AM

22°

36%

9 AM

24°

46%

10 AM

24°

32%

11 AM

24°

30%

12 PM

24°

53%

1 PM

26°

41%

2 PM

26°

34%

3 PM

26°

41%

4 PM

26°

41%

5 PM

24°

24%

6 PM

24°

24%

7 PM

24°

20%

8 PM

23°

14%

9 PM

22°

24%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

26° 22°

Partly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.

Wed

26° 21°

Overcast with a 41% chance of rain.

Thu

25° 17°

Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.

Fri

25° 14°

Overcast.

Sat

26° 14°

Clear.

Sun

27° 16°

Clear.

Mon

27° 18°

Clear.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 24° Partly Cloudy 32% 10 mph NNE 86%

11 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 53% 11 mph NNE 88%

12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 42% 11 mph NNE 89%

1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 41% 11 mph N 90%

2 AM 23° Overcast 28% 12 mph N 92%

3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 28% 12 mph N 93%

4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 27% 13 mph N 94%

5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 14 mph NNE 93%

6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 23% 15 mph NNE 91%

7 AM 22° Overcast 33% 15 mph NNE 89%

8 AM 22° Overcast 36% 15 mph NNE 87%

9 AM 24° Overcast 46% 16 mph NNE 84%

10 AM 24° Overcast 32% 16 mph NNE 82%

11 AM 24° Overcast 30% 16 mph NNE 80%

12 PM 24° Overcast 53% 16 mph NNE 80%

1 PM 26° Overcast 41% 17 mph NNE 79%

2 PM 26° Overcast 34% 16 mph NNE 79%

3 PM 26° Overcast 41% 16 mph NNE 80%

4 PM 26° Overcast 41% 17 mph NNE 80%

5 PM 24° Overcast 24% 17 mph NNE 80%

6 PM 24° Overcast 24% 17 mph NNE 81%

7 PM 24° Overcast 20% 17 mph NNE 81%

8 PM 23° Overcast 14% 16 mph NNE 82%

9 PM 22° Overcast 24% 16 mph NNE 82%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/22

Partly Cloudy

32%

22°

26°

Wed

9/23

Overcast

41%

21°

26°

Thu

9/24

Overcast

64%

17°

25°

Fri

9/25

Overcast

14°

25°

Sat

9/26

Clear

14°

26°

Sun

9/27

Clear

16°

27°

Mon

9/28

Clear

18°

27°

Tue

9/29

Clear

27%

19°

28°

Wed

9/30

Rain

69%

20°

29°

Thu

10/1

Rain

68%

21°

28°

Fri

10/2

Drizzle

60%

20°

31°

Sat

10/3

Drizzle

60%

20°

29°

Sun

10/4

Drizzle

60%

20°

28°

Mon

10/5

Drizzle

60%

18°

27°

Tue

10/6

Drizzle

60%

17°

26°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

45 AQI 8.1 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

23 AQI 25 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 45 Good 23 45

Thu 44 Good 25 44

Fri 46 Good 22 46

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

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

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE571 J/kg

MLCAPE409 J/kg

MUCAPE1258 J/kg

SBCIN-35 J/kg

MLCIN-13 J/kg

Lifted Index-2.3

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear11 kt

0–1 km Shear11 kt

Eff. Shear14 kt

0–1 km SRH-40

0–3 km SRH-10

Eff. SRH-10

Storm Motion13° @ 23 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.1

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index32.7

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.09 in

0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km

700–500 LR5.3 °C/km

Total Totals43.1

LCL983 hPa

LFC908 hPa

EL236 hPa

Freezing Lvl15,105 ft

Topsail Beach, North Carolina

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