Severe Thunderstorm Watch 7:00 PM

New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States

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31°C
Feels like 36°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
15 mph W
Humidity
62%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.85 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.0
Cloud Cover
31%
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:27 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: New Hanover County is currently partly cloudy at 31°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1225 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:00AM · Sunset: 8:27PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 7:00 PM
43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
30%
7 PM
31°
44%
8 PM
29°
25%
9 PM
27°
25%
10 PM
27°
25%
11 PM
26°
25%
12 AM
24°
18%
1 AM
23°
16%
2 AM
23°
3%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
21°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
21°
3%
7 AM
22°
3%
8 AM
23°
3%
9 AM
26°
3%
10 AM
28°
3%
11 AM
29°
3%
12 PM
29°
3%
1 PM
31°
3%
2 PM
31°
3%
3 PM
30°
3%
4 PM
30°
3%
5 PM
30°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
32° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 30% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
32° 23°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
33° 24°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
37° 25°
Drizzle, 62% chance.
Sun
37° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Mon
34° 22°
Drizzle, 62% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Partly Cloudy 30% 15 mph W 62%
7 PM 31° Clear 44% 12 mph WNW 65%
8 PM 29° Rain 25% 10 mph NW 68%
9 PM 27° Rain 25% 8 mph NW 70%
10 PM 27° Rain 25% 8 mph NNW 73%
11 PM 26° Rain 25% 8 mph NNW 76%
12 AM 24° Drizzle 18% 8 mph N 77%
1 AM 23° Drizzle 16% 7 mph N 76%
2 AM 23° Clear 3% 7 mph N 76%
3 AM 22° Clear 3% 6 mph N 76%
4 AM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph N 76%
5 AM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph N 76%
6 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph N 75%
7 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph N 72%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 66%
9 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNE 59%
10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNE 52%
11 AM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NE 47%
12 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NE 46%
1 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NE 44%
2 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph ENE 45%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph ENE 47%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph ENE 50%
5 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph E 52%
15-Day Forecast
Today
6/23
Partly Cloudy
30%
21°
32°
Wed
6/24
Partly Cloudy
18%
21°
32°
Thu
6/25
Partly Cloudy
7%
23°
32°
Fri
6/26
Rain
82%
24°
33°
Sat
6/27
Drizzle
62%
25°
37°
Sun
6/28
Rain
90%
23°
37°
Mon
6/29
Drizzle
62%
22°
34°
Tue
6/30
Clear
24%
22°
33°
Wed
7/1
Drizzle
66%
22°
32°
Thu
7/2
Drizzle
63%
22°
33°
Fri
7/3
Drizzle
76%
22°
30°
Sat
7/4
Drizzle
66%
22°
33°
Sun
7/5
Rain
90%
23°
33°
Mon
7/6
Drizzle
66%
23°
32°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
66%
23°
33°
43
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
39 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 43 Good 43 39
Thu 41 Good 41 40
Fri 42 Good 42 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
SBCAPE1427 J/kg
MLCAPE1449 J/kg
MUCAPE1764 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear15 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear12 kt
0–1 km SRH-54
0–3 km SRH-47
Eff. SRH-47
Storm Motion240° @ 28 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index34.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.99 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals46.2
LCL881 hPa
LFC1011 hPa
EL185 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,866 ft