Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
4 mph ESE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
0.4
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:34 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lenoir County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 3 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1597 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:34AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
79%
8 PM
24°
73%
9 PM
23°
73%
10 PM
23°
72%
11 PM
23°
72%
12 AM
23°
72%
1 AM
23°
70%
2 AM
22°
64%
3 AM
22°
51%
4 AM
22°
54%
5 AM
21°
59%
6 AM
21°
61%
7 AM
21°
64%
8 AM
22°
69%
9 AM
23°
76%
10 AM
24°
76%
11 AM
25°
73%
12 PM
26°
77%
1 PM
26°
77%
2 PM
26°
83%
3 PM
26°
87%
4 PM
27°
83%
5 PM
27°
83%
6 PM
27°
75%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Rain, 79% chance.
Sat
28° 21°
Rain, 77% chance.
Sun
30° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 19°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
32° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
31° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 79% 4 mph ESE 93%
8 PM 24° Rain 73% 3 mph E 95%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 73% 4 mph E 96%
10 PM 23° Heavy Rain 72% 5 mph ESE 96%
11 PM 23° Overcast 72% 3 mph SE 96%
12 AM 23° Heavy Rain 72% 4 mph S 96%
1 AM 23° Rain 70% 4 mph S 96%
2 AM 22° Overcast 64% 4 mph SSW 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 51% 3 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 54% 3 mph SE 97%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 59% 3 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 21° Overcast 61% 3 mph ESE 96%
7 AM 21° Rain 64% 3 mph ESE 95%
8 AM 22° Rain 69% 3 mph SE 94%
9 AM 23° Rain 76% 3 mph SSE 91%
10 AM 24° Rain 76% 4 mph SSE 88%
11 AM 25° Rain 73% 4 mph S 84%
12 PM 26° Rain 77% 5 mph S 82%
1 PM 26° Rain 77% 5 mph S 79%
2 PM 26° Rain 83% 6 mph S 78%
3 PM 26° Rain 87% 6 mph S 77%
4 PM 27° Rain 83% 6 mph S 77%
5 PM 27° Rain 83% 6 mph S 78%
6 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 75% 6 mph S 81%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
79%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
77%
21°
28°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
32%
22°
30°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
21°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
19°
30°
Wed
8/26
Rain
80%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
23°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
23°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
22°
35°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
41
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
38 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 41 Good 41 38
Sun 34 Good 34 31
Mon 39 Good 38 39
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 Fri Aug 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE475 J/kg
MLCAPE737 J/kg
MUCAPE1213 J/kg
SBCIN-68 J/kg
MLCIN-32 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH64
0–3 km SRH123
Eff. SRH123
Storm Motion271° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.7
K-Index40.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.49 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals49.0
LCL1004 hPa
LFC773 hPa
EL299 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,537 ft