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

Laurel County, Kentucky, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 16°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.61 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
39%
Sunrise
6:33 AM
Sunset
8:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Laurel County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 53% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 934 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:33AM · Sunset: 8:51PM.

38 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
52%
1 AM
24°
47%
2 AM
23°
36%
3 AM
23°
38%
4 AM
23°
29%
5 AM
23°
22%
6 AM
22°
37%
7 AM
22°
37%
8 AM
22°
23%
9 AM
23°
24%
10 AM
23°
25%
11 AM
24°
36%
12 PM
25°
36%
1 PM
26°
18%
2 PM
28°
18%
3 PM
28°
28%
4 PM
28°
25%
5 PM
27°
21%
6 PM
27°
18%
7 PM
26°
12%
8 PM
24°
12%
9 PM
24°
11%
10 PM
23°
11%
11 PM
22°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
28° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 18°
Haze with a 54% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 19°
Thunderstorm, 70% chance.
Mon
33° 22°
Thunderstorm, 70% chance.
Tue
33° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 52% 5 mph SW 97%
1 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 47% 6 mph WSW 97%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 36% 6 mph W 98%
3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 38% 5 mph W 98%
4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 29% 4 mph W 98%
5 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 22% 4 mph W 98%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 37% 4 mph WNW 98%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 37% 4 mph NW 97%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 23% 4 mph NW 95%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 24% 4 mph NW 91%
10 AM 23° Overcast 25% 4 mph NW 86%
11 AM 24° Overcast 36% 4 mph NW 81%
12 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 36% 4 mph NW 76%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 18% 5 mph NW 71%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 18% 6 mph NW 67%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 28% 7 mph NW 67%
4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 25% 8 mph NW 67%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 21% 9 mph NW 68%
6 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 18% 8 mph NNW 70%
7 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 12% 7 mph NNW 73%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 7 mph NNW 74%
9 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 11% 7 mph NNW 73%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 7 mph NNW 73%
11 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 11% 7 mph NNW 73%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
52%
16°
29°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
12%
16°
28°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
46%
16°
28°
Sat
7/25
Haze
54%
18°
29°
Sun
7/26
Thunderstorm
70%
19°
32°
Mon
7/27
Thunderstorm
70%
22°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
71%
19°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
43%
16°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
15°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
15°
29°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
38
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
38 AQI 6.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 38 Good 31 38
Thu 32 Good 32 27
Fri 33 Good 33 21
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
SBCAPE718 J/kg
MLCAPE27 J/kg
MUCAPE718 J/kg
SBCIN-59 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear39 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear39 kt
0–1 km SRH-69
0–3 km SRH-87
Eff. SRH-87
Storm Motion243° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.61 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals39.9
LCL960 hPa
LFC806 hPa
EL202 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,282 ft