Rip Current Statement — Coastal New Hanover, NC, Coastal Georgetown, SC 7:00 PM

Wilmington, North Carolina

Last updated: 5:01 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
22°C
Feels like 21°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 23°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
13 mph NE
Humidity
82%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
30.22 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.0
Cloud Cover
40%
Sunrise
7:27 AM
Sunset
6:22 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wilmington is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:27AM · Sunset: 6:22PM.

Alerts

Rip Current Statement
Coastal New Hanover, NC, Coastal Georgetown, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
59 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
5%
7 PM
20°
25%
8 PM
20°
25%
9 PM
19°
25%
10 PM
19°
25%
11 PM
19°
44%
12 AM
18°
39%
1 AM
18°
39%
2 AM
18°
18%
3 AM
18°
18%
4 AM
18°
8%
5 AM
18°
23%
6 AM
17°
22%
7 AM
17°
12%
8 AM
17°
22%
9 AM
17°
22%
10 AM
19°
22%
11 AM
19°
21%
12 PM
20°
21%
1 PM
21°
14%
2 PM
23°
14%
3 PM
23°
13%
4 PM
23°
13%
5 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
23° 15°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Thu
25° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 39% chance of rain.
Fri
26° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
24° 14°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Sun
24° 15°
Drizzle, 68% chance.
Mon
24° 18°
Drizzle, 90% chance.
Tue
25° 19°
Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Partly Cloudy 5% 13 mph NE 82%
7 PM 20° Mostly Clear 25% 13 mph NE 84%
8 PM 20° Partly Cloudy 25% 14 mph NE 84%
9 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 25% 15 mph NE 84%
10 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 25% 14 mph NE 86%
11 PM 19° Mostly Cloudy 44% 14 mph NE 87%
12 AM 18° Rain 39% 13 mph NNE 88%
1 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 39% 14 mph NNE 89%
2 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 18% 14 mph NNE 91%
3 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 18% 13 mph NNE 91%
4 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 8% 12 mph NNE 92%
5 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 23% 12 mph NNE 92%
6 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 22% 12 mph NNE 93%
7 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 12% 12 mph NNE 93%
8 AM 17° Mostly Cloudy 22% 12 mph NNE 93%
9 AM 17° Partly Cloudy 22% 12 mph NNE 89%
10 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 22% 12 mph NNE 86%
11 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 21% 12 mph NE 82%
12 PM 20° Partly Cloudy 21% 12 mph NE 80%
1 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 14% 11 mph NE 77%
2 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 14% 11 mph NE 75%
3 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 13% 11 mph NE 76%
4 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 13% 10 mph NE 77%
5 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph NE 78%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Partly Cloudy
25%
15°
23°
Thu
10/29
Partly Cloudy
39%
17°
25°
Fri
10/30
Mostly Clear
3%
16°
26°
Sat
10/31
Partly Cloudy
56%
14°
24°
Sun
11/1
Drizzle
68%
15°
24°
Mon
11/2
Drizzle
90%
18°
24°
Tue
11/3
Clear
60%
19°
25°
Wed
11/4
Drizzle
60%
18°
27°
Thu
11/5
Drizzle
90%
16°
24°
Fri
11/6
Drizzle
60%
15°
25°
Sat
11/7
Clear
25%
14°
22°
Sun
11/8
Clear
25%
14°
22°
Mon
11/9
Clear
25%
13°
21°
Tue
11/10
Drizzle
60%
13°
21°
Wed
11/11
Drizzle
60%
14°
21°
59
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
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
Dominant
59 AQI 13.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 59 Moderate 36 59
Fri 38 Good 33 38
Sat 41 Good 34 41
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 Oct 28, 20:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE32 J/kg
MLCAPE16 J/kg
MUCAPE32 J/kg
SBCIN-26 J/kg
MLCIN-13 J/kg
Lifted Index3.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-8
0–3 km SRH41
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion5° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index4.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.13 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals34.7
LCL969 hPa
LFC911 hPa
EL809 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,380 ft