Ocracoke, North Carolina

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28°C

Feels like 34°

Mostly Cloudy

▲ 29° / ▼ 28°

Wind

20 mph SSW

Humidity

86%

Dew Point

26°

Pressure

30.00 inHg

Visibility

9 mi

UV Index

6.9

Cloud Cover

72%

Sunrise

6:04 AM

Sunset

8:15 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ocracoke is currently mostly cloudy at 28°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3466 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:04AM · Sunset: 8:15PM.

39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

28°

29%

1 PM

28°

45%

2 PM

28°

25%

3 PM

28°

24%

4 PM

28°

24%

5 PM

28°

6 PM

28°

10%

7 PM

28°

14%

8 PM

28°

16%

9 PM

28°

24%

10 PM

28°

24%

11 PM

28°

33%

12 AM

28°

22%

1 AM

28°

25%

2 AM

28°

45%

3 AM

28°

41%

4 AM

28°

41%

5 AM

29°

42%

6 AM

29°

42%

7 AM

28°

48%

8 AM

28°

48%

9 AM

29°

49%

10 AM

29°

39%

11 AM

29°

41%

7-Day Forecast

Today

29° 28°

Mostly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.

Wed

29° 28°

Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.

Thu

29° 26°

Heavy Rain, 90% chance.

Fri

28° 26°

Heavy Rain, 90% chance.

Sat

28° 25°

Rain, 90% chance.

Sun

27° 25°

Heavy Rain, 82% chance.

Mon

29° 27°

Rain, 63% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 28° Mostly Cloudy 29% 20 mph SSW 86%

1 PM 28° Overcast 45% 23 mph SSW 86%

2 PM 28° Overcast 25% 24 mph SSW 87%

3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 24% 24 mph SSW 87%

4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 24% 25 mph SSW 87%

5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 6% 26 mph SSW 87%

6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 10% 27 mph SSW 87%

7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 14% 27 mph SSW 87%

8 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 16% 28 mph SSW 86%

9 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 24% 28 mph SSW 87%

10 PM 28° Overcast 24% 28 mph SSW 87%

11 PM 28° Overcast 33% 29 mph SSW 87%

12 AM 28° Overcast 22% 30 mph SSW 86%

1 AM 28° Overcast 25% 30 mph SSW 86%

2 AM 28° Overcast 45% 30 mph SSW 85%

3 AM 28° Overcast 41% 30 mph SSW 85%

4 AM 28° Overcast 41% 30 mph SSW 84%

5 AM 29° Overcast 42% 30 mph SSW 84%

6 AM 29° Overcast 42% 30 mph SSW 83%

7 AM 28° Overcast 48% 29 mph SSW 83%

8 AM 28° Overcast 48% 29 mph SSW 83%

9 AM 29° Overcast 49% 29 mph SSW 83%

10 AM 29° Overcast 39% 28 mph SSW 84%

11 AM 29° Overcast 41% 28 mph SSW 84%

15-Day Forecast

Today

7/21

Mostly Cloudy

29%

28°

29°

Wed

7/22

Mostly Cloudy

45%

28°

29°

Thu

7/23

Heavy Rain

90%

26°

29°

Fri

7/24

Heavy Rain

90%

26°

28°

Sat

7/25

Rain

90%

25°

28°

Sun

7/26

Heavy Rain

82%

25°

27°

Mon

7/27

Rain

63%

27°

29°

Tue

7/28

Rain

90%

25°

29°

Wed

7/29

Thunderstorm

90%

26°

29°

Thu

7/30

Drizzle

68%

27°

28°

Fri

7/31

Rain

90%

26°

28°

Sat

8/1

Drizzle

60%

27°

28°

Sun

8/2

Drizzle

60%

27°

28°

Mon

8/3

Drizzle

60%

27°

28°

Tue

8/4

Drizzle

60%

27°

28°

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 7.2 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

29 AQI 32 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Wed 39 Good 29 39

Thu 41 Good 29 41

Fri 31 Good 31 26

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 Jul 21, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE3797 J/kg

MLCAPE2626 J/kg

MUCAPE3797 J/kg

SBCIN-7 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-8.4

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear19 kt

0–1 km Shear12 kt

Eff. Shear18 kt

0–1 km SRH-20

0–3 km SRH-23

Eff. SRH-23

Storm Motion223° @ 36 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.5

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index32.9

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.15 in

0–3 km LR6.1 °C/km

700–500 LR5.8 °C/km

Total Totals45.5

LCL981 hPa

LFC957 hPa

EL140 hPa

Freezing Lvl15,492 ft

Ocracoke, North Carolina

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