Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM Areal Flood Watch 1:00 AM

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States

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22°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 27°  /  ▼ 15°
Wind
3 mph WSW
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.65 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
6:33 AM
Sunset
8:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rockcastle County is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 835 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:33AM · Sunset: 8:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 AM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
11%
1 AM
23°
20%
2 AM
23°
4%
3 AM
22°
9%
4 AM
22°
26%
5 AM
22°
27%
6 AM
21°
20%
7 AM
21°
19%
8 AM
21°
19%
9 AM
22°
19%
10 AM
23°
16%
11 AM
24°
7%
12 PM
24°
15%
1 PM
25°
5%
2 PM
27°
5%
3 PM
27°
5%
4 PM
27°
5%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
26°
3%
7 PM
24°
12%
8 PM
24°
12%
9 PM
23°
11%
10 PM
22°
11%
11 PM
22°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
27° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
26° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 47% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 18°
Overcast with a 36% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 19°
Thunderstorm, 70% chance.
Mon
33° 22°
Thunderstorm, 82% chance.
Tue
32° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph WSW 98%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 20% 4 mph W 97%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 4% 6 mph WSW 98%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 9% 4 mph WSW 98%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph W 98%
5 AM 22° Mostly Clear 27% 3 mph W 98%
6 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph WNW 98%
7 AM 21° Haze 19% 3 mph NW 98%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 19% 4 mph NNW 95%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 4 mph NNW 90%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 16% 4 mph N 85%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 7% 4 mph NNW 80%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 15% 5 mph NNW 77%
1 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph NNW 74%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 7 mph NNW 71%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 70%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 68%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 68%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 69%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 8 mph NNW 71%
8 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 12% 8 mph NNW 72%
9 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 11% 7 mph N 71%
10 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 11% 7 mph N 71%
11 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 11% 7 mph N 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
20%
15°
27°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
12%
15°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
47%
16°
26°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
36%
18°
28°
Sun
7/26
Thunderstorm
70%
19°
31°
Mon
7/27
Thunderstorm
82%
22°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
71%
19°
32°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
16°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
15°
28°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
15°
28°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
17°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
39
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
32 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 32 39
Thu 34 Good 34 24
Fri 36 Good 36 16
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 Wed Jul 22, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE371 J/kg
MLCAPE20 J/kg
MUCAPE371 J/kg
SBCIN-80 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear38 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear34 kt
0–1 km SRH-79
0–3 km SRH-104
Eff. SRH-104
Storm Motion244° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index23.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.30 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals37.1
LCL963 hPa
LFC751 hPa
EL257 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,164 ft