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Columbus County, North Carolina, United States

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31°C
Feels like 34°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
10 mph WNW
Humidity
64%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.82 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
4.9
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Columbus County is currently partly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 61% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1340 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:03AM · Sunset: 8:30PM.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 7:00 PM
42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
30%
7 PM
29°
34%
8 PM
28°
38%
9 PM
26°
61%
10 PM
24°
41%
11 PM
23°
32%
12 AM
23°
18%
1 AM
22°
16%
2 AM
21°
3%
3 AM
21°
3%
4 AM
19°
3%
5 AM
19°
3%
6 AM
20°
3%
7 AM
21°
3%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
25°
3%
10 AM
27°
3%
11 AM
28°
3%
12 PM
28°
3%
1 PM
31°
3%
2 PM
31°
3%
3 PM
31°
3%
4 PM
31°
3%
5 PM
30°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 19°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
33° 21°
Mostly Cloudy.
Fri
32° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
37° 22°
Clear with a 55% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 23°
Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
34° 21°
Drizzle, 62% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Partly Cloudy 30% 10 mph WNW 64%
7 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 34% 9 mph NW 69%
8 PM 28° Rain 38% 8 mph NNW 73%
9 PM 26° Rain 61% 6 mph NNW 78%
10 PM 24° Rain 41% 6 mph NNW 82%
11 PM 23° Drizzle 32% 6 mph N 86%
12 AM 23° Drizzle 18% 6 mph NNE 88%
1 AM 22° Drizzle 16% 6 mph NNE 88%
2 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NNE 89%
3 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NNE 88%
4 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph N 89%
5 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph N 87%
6 AM 20° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph N 83%
7 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NNE 77%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NNE 69%
9 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NNE 61%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NE 53%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NE 48%
12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NNE 45%
1 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NNE 43%
2 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NNE 42%
3 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNE 42%
4 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNE 41%
5 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NE 43%
15-Day Forecast
Today
6/23
Partly Cloudy
61%
19°
31°
Wed
6/24
Partly Cloudy
18%
19°
32°
Thu
6/25
Mostly Cloudy
3%
21°
33°
Fri
6/26
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Sat
6/27
Clear
55%
22°
37°
Sun
6/28
Rain
82%
23°
37°
Mon
6/29
Drizzle
62%
21°
34°
Tue
6/30
Clear
24%
20°
33°
Wed
7/1
Drizzle
66%
20°
33°
Thu
7/2
Drizzle
63%
21°
34°
Fri
7/3
Drizzle
63%
21°
29°
Sat
7/4
Drizzle
66%
21°
34°
Sun
7/5
Rain
90%
22°
34°
Mon
7/6
Drizzle
66%
22°
33°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
66%
22°
33°
42
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
29 AQI 5.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 42 Good 42 29
Thu 42 Good 42 36
Fri 44 Good 44 38
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 Jun 23, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1530 J/kg
MLCAPE1345 J/kg
MUCAPE1530 J/kg
SBCIN-28 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH-56
0–3 km SRH-80
Eff. SRH-80
Storm Motion242° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.77 in
0–3 km LR7.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals45.1
LCL892 hPa
LFC858 hPa
EL186 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,810 ft