Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC 4:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Heat Advisory — Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 7:00 PM

Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:06 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
31°C
Feels like 36°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
8 mph S
Humidity
68%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
6.2
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Brunswick County is currently partly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1987 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:52PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC
Expires 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Heat Advisory
Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
32%
6 PM
28°
68%
7 PM
28°
77%
8 PM
27°
82%
9 PM
27°
87%
10 PM
26°
90%
11 PM
25°
84%
12 AM
25°
90%
1 AM
24°
82%
2 AM
24°
73%
3 AM
24°
60%
4 AM
24°
61%
5 AM
24°
70%
6 AM
23°
77%
7 AM
23°
77%
8 AM
24°
69%
9 AM
24°
74%
10 AM
26°
75%
11 AM
26°
75%
12 PM
28°
79%
1 PM
28°
75%
2 PM
29°
67%
3 PM
29°
67%
4 PM
31°
81%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 84% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 23°
Heavy Rain, 75% chance.
Sun
34° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 23°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
32° 24°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Partly Cloudy 32% 8 mph S 68%
6 PM 28° Overcast 68% 9 mph NNE 72%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 77% 7 mph NNE 76%
8 PM 27° Thunderstorm 82% 6 mph W 80%
9 PM 27° Heavy Rain 87% 6 mph ENE 84%
10 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 90% 5 mph E 87%
11 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 84% 5 mph S 89%
12 AM 25° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph W 89%
1 AM 24° Overcast 82% 3 mph ESE 90%
2 AM 24° Rain 73% 4 mph S 90%
3 AM 24° Overcast 60% 4 mph SE 90%
4 AM 24° Overcast 61% 4 mph SE 90%
5 AM 24° Heavy Rain 70% 4 mph SSE 90%
6 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 77% 4 mph SSE 90%
7 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 77% 4 mph S 89%
8 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 69% 5 mph S 89%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 74% 4 mph S 87%
10 AM 26° Heavy Rain 75% 4 mph S 85%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 75% 4 mph SSW 84%
12 PM 28° Overcast 79% 4 mph SSW 81%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 75% 5 mph SSW 78%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph SSW 75%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph SSW 74%
4 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 81% 7 mph SSW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Partly Cloudy
84%
23°
33°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
75%
23°
32°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
26%
23°
34°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
60%
23°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
23°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
24°
32°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
23°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
68%
22°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
23°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
50
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
50 AQI 9.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 50 Good 43 50
Sun 37 Good 37 29
Mon 38 Good 36 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 Fri Aug 21, 19:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2681 J/kg
MLCAPE2855 J/kg
MUCAPE3335 J/kg
SBCIN-9 J/kg
MLCIN-9 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear15 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear13 kt
0–1 km SRH8
0–3 km SRH35
Eff. SRH35
Storm Motion264° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.19 in
0–3 km LR6.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals47.7
LCL918 hPa
LFC852 hPa
EL149 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,003 ft