McCreary County, Kentucky, United States

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23°C

Feels like 28°

Overcast

▲ 27° / ▼ 16°

Wind

3 mph WSW

Humidity

98%

Dew Point

23°

Pressure

28.59 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

88%

Sunrise

6:36 AM

Sunset

8:52 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McCreary County is currently overcast at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 81% around 2 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1265 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 8:52PM.

39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

23°

69%

1 AM

24°

71%

2 AM

24°

81%

3 AM

23°

64%

4 AM

23°

75%

5 AM

23°

53%

6 AM

22°

40%

7 AM

22°

55%

8 AM

22°

41%

9 AM

22°

42%

10 AM

23°

45%

11 AM

23°

37%

12 PM

24°

45%

1 PM

26°

37%

2 PM

27°

29%

3 PM

27°

30%

4 PM

27°

30%

5 PM

27°

34%

6 PM

26°

21%

7 PM

26°

20%

8 PM

25°

12%

9 PM

24°

11%

10 PM

23°

11%

11 PM

23°

11%

7-Day Forecast

Today

27° 16°

Mostly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.

Thu

28° 16°

Mostly Clear.

Fri

27° 17°

Partly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.

Sat

29° 18°

Thunderstorm, 64% chance.

Sun

32° 19°

Thunderstorm, 70% chance.

Mon

33° 22°

Thunderstorm, 64% chance.

Tue

32° 19°

Drizzle, 53% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 23° Overcast 69% 3 mph WSW 98%

1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 71% 4 mph WSW 98%

2 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 81% 4 mph WSW 98%

3 AM 23° Overcast 64% 4 mph WSW 98%

4 AM 23° Overcast 75% 3 mph WSW 98%

5 AM 23° Overcast 53% 3 mph WSW 98%

6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 40% 2 mph W 98%

7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 55% 3 mph W 98%

8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph WNW 97%

9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 42% 3 mph WNW 94%

10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph NW 92%

11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 37% 4 mph WNW 87%

12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 45% 4 mph WNW 80%

1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 37% 5 mph WNW 74%

2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 29% 6 mph WNW 69%

3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 30% 6 mph WNW 68%

4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 30% 7 mph NW 67%

5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 34% 7 mph NW 69%

6 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 21% 6 mph NW 73%

7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 20% 6 mph NW 78%

8 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph NNW 79%

9 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 79%

10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 78%

11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 78%

15-Day Forecast

Today

7/22

Mostly Cloudy

69%

16°

27°

Thu

7/23

Mostly Clear

12%

16°

28°

Fri

7/24

Partly Cloudy

46%

17°

27°

Sat

7/25

Thunderstorm

64%

18°

29°

Sun

7/26

Thunderstorm

70%

19°

32°

Mon

7/27

Thunderstorm

64%

22°

33°

Tue

7/28

Drizzle

53%

19°

32°

Wed

7/29

Drizzle

53%

17°

29°

Thu

7/30

Drizzle

44%

15°

29°

Fri

7/31

Drizzle

51%

14°

29°

Sat

8/1

Drizzle

60%

17°

29°

Sun

8/2

Drizzle

60%

17°

30°

Mon

8/3

Drizzle

60%

18°

30°

Tue

8/4

Drizzle

60%

19°

29°

Wed

8/5

Drizzle

60%

19°

31°

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

39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

29 AQI 32 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 39 Good 29 39

Thu 31 Good 31 27

Fri 32 Good 32 22

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 Wed Jul 22, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE1082 J/kg

MLCAPE972 J/kg

MUCAPE1082 J/kg

SBCIN-18 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-3.2

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear42 kt

0–1 km Shear17 kt

Eff. Shear40 kt

0–1 km SRH-37

0–3 km SRH-66

Eff. SRH-66

Storm Motion243° @ 34 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.3

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index39.1

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.95 in

0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km

700–500 LR5.4 °C/km

Total Totals45.6

LCL963 hPa

LFC836 hPa

EL177 hPa

Freezing Lvl15,335 ft

McCreary County, Kentucky, United States

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