Letcher County, Kentucky, United States

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22°C

Feels like 24°

Partly Cloudy

▲ 31° / ▼ 19°

Wind

4 mph SSW

Humidity

92%

Dew Point

21°

Pressure

28.50 inHg

Visibility

8 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

39%

Sunrise

6:44 AM

Sunset

8:27 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Letcher County is currently partly cloudy at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 83% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2957 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:44AM · Sunset: 8:27PM.

30 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

22°

11%

7 AM

20°

28%

8 AM

21°

28%

9 AM

23°

31%

10 AM

26°

36%

11 AM

27°

40%

12 PM

28°

39%

1 PM

29°

39%

2 PM

30°

37%

3 PM

30°

57%

4 PM

29°

46%

5 PM

28°

70%

6 PM

27°

75%

7 PM

25°

83%

8 PM

23°

79%

9 PM

23°

76%

10 PM

21°

76%

11 PM

21°

60%

12 AM

21°

61%

1 AM

21°

50%

2 AM

21°

42%

3 AM

21°

47%

4 AM

21°

52%

5 AM

21°

71%

7-Day Forecast

Today

31° 19°

Partly Cloudy with a 76% chance of rain.

Wed

32° 19°

Mostly Cloudy with a 86% chance of rain.

Thu

31° 20°

Mostly Cloudy with a 62% chance of rain.

Fri

31° 19°

Mostly Clear with a 80% chance of rain.

Sat

33° 18°

Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.

Sun

34° 21°

Drizzle, 65% chance.

Mon

32° 18°

Rain, 73% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 22° Partly Cloudy 11% 4 mph SSW 92%

7 AM 20° Mostly Clear 28% 4 mph SSW 88%

8 AM 21° Mostly Clear 28% 4 mph SW 86%

9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph WSW 79%

10 AM 26° Mostly Clear 36% 7 mph WSW 72%

11 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 40% 8 mph WSW 67%

12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 39% 8 mph W 65%

1 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 39% 8 mph W 60%

2 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 37% 8 mph W 57%

3 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 57% 7 mph W 55%

4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 46% 9 mph WNW 54%

5 PM 28° Rain 70% 8 mph WNW 56%

6 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 75% 5 mph WSW 66%

7 PM 25° Overcast 83% 5 mph SW 78%

8 PM 23° Overcast 79% 6 mph S 86%

9 PM 23° Rain 76% 4 mph SSW 88%

10 PM 21° Heavy Rain 76% 4 mph W 91%

11 PM 21° Heavy Rain 60% 4 mph WSW 94%

12 AM 21° Heavy Rain 61% 3 mph SSW 93%

1 AM 21° Rain 50% 5 mph S 92%

2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 42% 6 mph S 92%

3 AM 21° Rain 47% 5 mph S 92%

4 AM 21° Heavy Rain 52% 5 mph SSW 92%

5 AM 21° Heavy Rain 71% 6 mph SSW 93%

15-Day Forecast

Today

8/11

Partly Cloudy

76%

19°

31°

Wed

8/12

Mostly Cloudy

86%

19°

32°

Thu

8/13

Mostly Cloudy

62%

20°

31°

Fri

8/14

Mostly Clear

80%

19°

31°

Sat

8/15

Mostly Cloudy

37%

18°

33°

Sun

8/16

Drizzle

65%

21°

34°

Mon

8/17

Rain

73%

18°

32°

Tue

8/18

Drizzle

57%

17°

31°

Wed

8/19

Drizzle

39%

17°

32°

Thu

8/20

Drizzle

45%

19°

31°

Fri

8/21

Drizzle

60%

18°

32°

Sat

8/22

Drizzle

60%

18°

32°

Sun

8/23

Drizzle

60%

18°

31°

Mon

8/24

Drizzle

60%

18°

30°

Tue

8/25

Drizzle

60%

17°

29°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

30 AQI 5.4 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

28 AQI 30 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 30 Good 28 30

Wed 33 Good 30 33

Thu 29 Good 29 23

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Tue Aug 11, 08:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE771 J/kg

MLCAPE1107 J/kg

MUCAPE1802 J/kg

SBCIN-219 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-4.1

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear22 kt

0–1 km Shear21 kt

Eff. Shear20 kt

0–1 km SRH98

0–3 km SRH90

Eff. SRH90

Storm Motion321° @ 22 kt

0–1 km EHI0.5

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell1.7

K-Index26.1

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.42 in

0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km

700–500 LR7.2 °C/km

Total Totals49.6

LCL948 hPa

LFC663 hPa

EL228 hPa

Freezing Lvl13,586 ft

Letcher County, Kentucky, United States

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