Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC 4:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flash Flood Warning — Columbus County, NC 5:15 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

Columbus County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:07 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 33°
Rain
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
6 mph NE
Humidity
77%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.91 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.6
Cloud Cover
57%
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Columbus County is currently rain at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1874 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:40AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

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
Flash Flood Warning
Columbus County, NC
Expires 5:15 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
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
86%
6 PM
27°
90%
7 PM
26°
90%
8 PM
26°
90%
9 PM
25°
90%
10 PM
24°
90%
11 PM
23°
90%
12 AM
23°
90%
1 AM
23°
82%
2 AM
23°
67%
3 AM
23°
53%
4 AM
23°
38%
5 AM
22°
44%
6 AM
22°
52%
7 AM
22°
58%
8 AM
23°
62%
9 AM
23°
62%
10 AM
26°
67%
11 AM
27°
65%
12 PM
28°
72%
1 PM
29°
73%
2 PM
31°
73%
3 PM
31°
77%
4 PM
32°
86%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
33° 22°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sun
33° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 22°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
33° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
33° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Rain 86% 6 mph NE 77%
6 PM 27° Thunderstorm 90% 8 mph WNW 84%
7 PM 26° Thunderstorm 90% 6 mph S 87%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NNW 92%
9 PM 25° Overcast 90% 5 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 24° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph S 94%
11 PM 23° Heavy Rain 90% 5 mph SE 94%
12 AM 23° Rain 90% 4 mph SE 94%
1 AM 23° Thunderstorm 82% 3 mph S 94%
2 AM 23° Rain 67% 3 mph SSE 94%
3 AM 23° Overcast 53% 4 mph SE 95%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 38% 4 mph SE 95%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SE 95%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 52% 3 mph SE 94%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 3 mph SE 94%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph SSE 92%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph S 87%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 67% 4 mph S 81%
11 AM 27° Rain 65% 4 mph S 77%
12 PM 28° Rain 72% 4 mph SSW 74%
1 PM 29° Rain 73% 4 mph SSW 71%
2 PM 31° Rain 73% 5 mph SSW 69%
3 PM 31° Rain 77% 5 mph SSW 70%
4 PM 32° Rain 86% 6 mph SSW 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
90%
22°
34°
Sat
8/22
Rain
74%
22°
33°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
17%
21°
33°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
60%
21°
34°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
22°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
21°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
34°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
51
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
51 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 51 Moderate 42 51
Sun 32 Good 32 28
Mon 38 Good 37 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
SBCAPE2517 J/kg
MLCAPE2374 J/kg
MUCAPE2556 J/kg
SBCIN-27 J/kg
MLCIN-31 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH35
0–3 km SRH80
Eff. SRH80
Storm Motion266° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.2
K-Index33.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.30 in
0–3 km LR6.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals46.4
LCL950 hPa
LFC845 hPa
EL150 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,672 ft