Wind Advisory — Mainland Dare, NC, East Carteret, NC, Northern Outer Banks, NC, Ocracoke Island, NC, Hatteras Island, NC 7:00 PM Coastal Flood Warning — Ocracoke Island, NC 10:00 PM

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Last updated: 9:23 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 25°
Rain
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
19 mph NNE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
30.02 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:51 AM
Sunset
7:00 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ocracoke is currently rain at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 1 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1332 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:51AM · Sunset: 7:00PM.

Alerts

Wind Advisory
Mainland Dare, NC, East Carteret, NC, Northern Outer Banks, NC, Ocracoke Island, NC, Hatteras Island, NC
Expires 7:00 PM
Coastal Flood Warning
Ocracoke Island, NC
Expires 10:00 PM
36 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
83%
11 PM
25°
77%
12 AM
25°
77%
1 AM
25°
90%
2 AM
25°
61%
3 AM
25°
60%
4 AM
25°
60%
5 AM
25°
48%
6 AM
25°
46%
7 AM
25°
36%
8 AM
25°
41%
9 AM
26°
45%
10 AM
26°
45%
11 AM
26°
62%
12 PM
26°
50%
1 PM
26°
55%
2 PM
26°
56%
3 PM
26°
56%
4 PM
26°
56%
5 PM
25°
60%
6 PM
25°
64%
7 PM
25°
60%
8 PM
25°
50%
9 PM
24°
50%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 24°
Rain, 83% chance.
Wed
27° 24°
Rain, 90% chance.
Thu
26° 22°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
Fri
24° 19°
Overcast with a 72% chance of rain.
Sat
24° 19°
Clear.
Sun
24° 20°
Clear.
Mon
24° 22°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Rain 83% 19 mph NNE 88%
11 PM 25° Overcast 77% 22 mph NE 86%
12 AM 25° Overcast 77% 24 mph NE 86%
1 AM 25° Overcast 90% 24 mph NNE 87%
2 AM 25° Overcast 61% 25 mph NNE 85%
3 AM 25° Overcast 60% 26 mph NNE 84%
4 AM 25° Overcast 60% 28 mph NNE 84%
5 AM 25° Overcast 48% 29 mph NNE 83%
6 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 46% 29 mph NNE 83%
7 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 36% 29 mph NNE 83%
8 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 41% 29 mph NNE 84%
9 AM 26° Overcast 45% 29 mph NNE 84%
10 AM 26° Overcast 45% 30 mph NNE 83%
11 AM 26° Overcast 62% 30 mph NNE 83%
12 PM 26° Overcast 50% 30 mph NNE 83%
1 PM 26° Overcast 55% 30 mph NNE 83%
2 PM 26° Rain 56% 29 mph NNE 84%
3 PM 26° Rain 56% 30 mph NNE 83%
4 PM 26° Rain 56% 30 mph NNE 82%
5 PM 25° Rain 60% 30 mph NNE 82%
6 PM 25° Overcast 64% 30 mph NNE 82%
7 PM 25° Overcast 60% 31 mph NNE 82%
8 PM 25° Overcast 50% 31 mph NNE 82%
9 PM 24° Overcast 50% 31 mph NNE 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Rain
83%
24°
26°
Wed
9/23
Rain
90%
24°
27°
Thu
9/24
Heavy Rain
83%
22°
26°
Fri
9/25
Overcast
72%
19°
24°
Sat
9/26
Clear
18%
19°
24°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
20°
24°
Mon
9/28
Clear
3%
22°
24°
Tue
9/29
Clear
8%
22°
25°
Wed
9/30
Rain
68%
23°
26°
Thu
10/1
Rain
68%
23°
26°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
23°
26°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
23°
26°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
25°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
22°
24°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
21°
23°
36
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
18 AQI 3.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
36 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 36 Good 36 18
Thu 31 Good 31 26
Fri 30 Good 30 25
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 Sep 23, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1463 J/kg
MLCAPE716 J/kg
MUCAPE1463 J/kg
SBCIN-0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear10 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-17
0–3 km SRH37
Eff. SRH37
Storm Motion9° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.14 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals43.8
LCL986 hPa
LFC996 hPa
EL180 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,003 ft