Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flood Advisory — New Hanover County, NC 6:00 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 Flash Flood Warning — New Hanover County, NC 7:30 PM

New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States

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29°C
Feels like 33°
Rain
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
11 mph SE
Humidity
66%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
4.7
Cloud Cover
71%
Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: New Hanover County is currently rain at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1898 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:37AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Flood Advisory
New Hanover County, NC
Expires 6:00 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
Flash Flood Warning
New Hanover County, NC
Expires 7:30 PM
53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
62%
6 PM
28°
71%
7 PM
28°
71%
8 PM
27°
73%
9 PM
27°
79%
10 PM
26°
84%
11 PM
26°
85%
12 AM
26°
85%
1 AM
25°
77%
2 AM
24°
73%
3 AM
24°
74%
4 AM
24°
56%
5 AM
24°
66%
6 AM
24°
57%
7 AM
25°
73%
8 AM
25°
81%
9 AM
26°
85%
10 AM
28°
90%
11 AM
28°
77%
12 PM
28°
76%
1 PM
28°
72%
2 PM
28°
66%
3 PM
29°
66%
4 PM
29°
63%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 24°
Heavy Rain, 85% chance.
Sat
32° 24°
Heavy Rain, 86% chance.
Sun
36° 24°
Mostly Cloudy with a 39% chance of rain.
Mon
35° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 74% chance of rain.
Tue
33° 23°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
33° 23°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
34° 24°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Rain 62% 11 mph SE 66%
6 PM 28° Rain 71% 9 mph NNW 72%
7 PM 28° Heavy Rain 71% 7 mph NNE 76%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 6 mph E 81%
9 PM 27° Rain 79% 6 mph W 82%
10 PM 26° Heavy Rain 84% 4 mph W 83%
11 PM 26° Overcast 85% 4 mph SE 84%
12 AM 26° Heavy Rain 85% 5 mph W 85%
1 AM 25° Heavy Rain 77% 4 mph NE 86%
2 AM 24° Overcast 73% 3 mph ENE 87%
3 AM 24° Overcast 74% 3 mph SE 87%
4 AM 24° Overcast 56% 4 mph SE 86%
5 AM 24° Overcast 66% 5 mph SSE 86%
6 AM 24° Overcast 57% 4 mph S 86%
7 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 73% 4 mph S 86%
8 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 81% 5 mph S 86%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 85% 5 mph S 83%
10 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 90% 5 mph SSW 80%
11 AM 28° Heavy Rain 77% 5 mph SSW 78%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 76% 5 mph S 80%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 72% 5 mph S 81%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 66% 6 mph S 83%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 66% 6 mph S 81%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 63% 8 mph S 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Heavy Rain
85%
24°
32°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
86%
24°
32°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Cloudy
39%
24°
36°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
74%
24°
35°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
23°
33°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
23°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
24°
34°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
23°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
24°
32°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
68%
24°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
53
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
53 AQI 10.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 53 Moderate 38 53
Sun 34 Good 34 30
Mon 42 Good 32 42
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
SBCAPE2664 J/kg
MLCAPE2825 J/kg
MUCAPE3288 J/kg
SBCIN-1 J/kg
MLCIN-1 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH22
0–3 km SRH38
Eff. SRH38
Storm Motion260° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.27 in
0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals47.3
LCL935 hPa
LFC910 hPa
EL150 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,984 ft