Beach Hazards Statement — Coastal Onslow, NC 7:00 PM

Morehead City, North Carolina

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29°C
Feels like 37°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 28°
Wind
16 mph SSW
Humidity
81%
Dew Point
26°
Pressure
29.99 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
7.1
Cloud Cover
71%
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
8:17 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Morehead City is currently mostly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 65% around 1 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3428 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:09AM · Sunset: 8:17PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
29%
1 PM
30°
64%
2 PM
30°
39%
3 PM
29°
38%
4 PM
29°
37%
5 PM
30°
29%
6 PM
30°
28%
7 PM
29°
19%
8 PM
29°
14%
9 PM
29°
21%
10 PM
28°
13%
11 PM
28°
22%
12 AM
28°
22%
1 AM
29°
22%
2 AM
29°
35%
3 AM
29°
41%
4 AM
28°
44%
5 AM
28°
48%
6 AM
28°
52%
7 AM
28°
57%
8 AM
28°
57%
9 AM
29°
57%
10 AM
29°
49%
11 AM
30°
41%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 28°
Mostly Cloudy with a 38% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 28°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
Thu
30° 25°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
29° 25°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
28° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
30° 23°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
32° 24°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Mostly Cloudy 29% 16 mph SSW 81%
1 PM 30° Overcast 64% 17 mph SSW 81%
2 PM 30° Overcast 39% 18 mph SSW 81%
3 PM 29° Overcast 38% 20 mph SSW 82%
4 PM 29° Overcast 37% 21 mph SSW 82%
5 PM 30° Overcast 29% 21 mph SSW 82%
6 PM 30° Overcast 28% 21 mph SSW 83%
7 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 19% 21 mph SSW 84%
8 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 14% 20 mph SSW 85%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 21% 20 mph SSW 85%
10 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 13% 21 mph SSW 86%
11 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 22% 21 mph SSW 86%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 22% 22 mph SSW 86%
1 AM 29° Overcast 22% 22 mph SSW 85%
2 AM 29° Overcast 35% 22 mph SSW 84%
3 AM 29° Overcast 41% 22 mph SSW 84%
4 AM 28° Overcast 44% 22 mph SSW 84%
5 AM 28° Drizzle 48% 21 mph SSW 83%
6 AM 28° Drizzle 52% 21 mph SSW 83%
7 AM 28° Rain 57% 21 mph SSW 82%
8 AM 28° Rain 57% 21 mph SSW 82%
9 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 57% 21 mph SSW 82%
10 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 49% 20 mph SSW 82%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 41% 20 mph SSW 81%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
38%
28°
31°
Wed
7/22
Drizzle
52%
28°
31°
Thu
7/23
Heavy Rain
90%
25°
30°
Fri
7/24
Heavy Rain
90%
25°
29°
Sat
7/25
Rain
90%
23°
28°
Sun
7/26
Heavy Rain
82%
23°
30°
Mon
7/27
Rain
63%
24°
32°
Tue
7/28
Rain
90%
26°
33°
Wed
7/29
Rain
68%
24°
33°
Thu
7/30
Rain
68%
24°
32°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
25°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
25°
31°
Sun
8/2
Rain
90%
25°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
90%
25°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
25°
31°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 44 Good 29 44
Thu 42 Good 28 42
Fri 34 Good 27 34
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 Tue Jul 21, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE4244 J/kg
MLCAPE3049 J/kg
MUCAPE4244 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-9.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear17 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH-16
0–3 km SRH-16
Eff. SRH-16
Storm Motion216° @ 34 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.43 in
0–3 km LR6.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals48.8
LCL965 hPa
LFC1015 hPa
EL135 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,240 ft