Coastal Flood Advisory — Pamlico, NC, Southern Craven, NC 10:00 AM Gale Warning — Pamlico Sound, AM 1:00 PM

Oriental, North Carolina

Last updated: 8:31 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Overcast
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
10 mph NNE
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
30,01 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0,0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:54 AM
Sunset
7:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Oriental is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 85% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 675 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:54AM · Sunset: 7:03PM.

Alerts

Coastal Flood Advisory
Pamlico, NC, Southern Craven, NC
Expires 10:00 AM
Gale Warning
Pamlico Sound, AM
Expires 1:00 PM
36 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
60%
10 PM
24°
85%
11 PM
24°
70%
12 AM
24°
64%
1 AM
24°
57%
2 AM
23°
55%
3 AM
24°
54%
4 AM
24°
31%
5 AM
22°
28%
6 AM
22°
29%
7 AM
22°
29%
8 AM
22°
37%
9 AM
22°
58%
10 AM
22°
58%
11 AM
23°
63%
12 PM
23°
59%
1 PM
25°
59%
2 PM
26°
64%
3 PM
25°
59%
4 PM
26°
50%
5 PM
24°
37%
6 PM
24°
38%
7 PM
24°
31%
8 PM
24°
30%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 22°
Overcast with a 60% chance of rain.
Wed
26° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 17°
Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.
Fri
24° 14°
Overcast.
Sat
26° 13°
Clear.
Sun
28° 13°
Clear.
Mon
26° 16°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Overcast 60% 10 mph NNE 90%
10 PM 24° Rain 85% 8 mph NNE 93%
11 PM 24° Rain 70% 8 mph NNE 92%
12 AM 24° Rain 64% 9 mph NNE 92%
1 AM 24° Rain 57% 10 mph NNE 92%
2 AM 23° Rain 55% 11 mph NNE 90%
3 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 54% 12 mph NNE 89%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 31% 13 mph NNE 88%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 28% 13 mph NNE 88%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 29% 12 mph NNE 88%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 29% 12 mph NNE 89%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 37% 13 mph N 89%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 14 mph N 88%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 14 mph N 88%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 63% 15 mph N 88%
12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 59% 15 mph NNE 86%
1 PM 25° Overcast 59% 16 mph NNE 83%
2 PM 26° Rain 64% 16 mph NNE 82%
3 PM 25° Overcast 59% 16 mph NNE 83%
4 PM 26° Overcast 50% 15 mph NNE 84%
5 PM 24° Overcast 37% 15 mph NNE 85%
6 PM 24° Overcast 38% 15 mph NNE 86%
7 PM 24° Overcast 31% 14 mph NNE 86%
8 PM 24° Overcast 30% 14 mph NNE 86%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Overcast
60%
22°
28°
Wed
9/23
Mostly Cloudy
64%
22°
26°
Thu
9/24
Overcast
64%
17°
26°
Fri
9/25
Overcast
16%
14°
24°
Sat
9/26
Clear
3%
13°
26°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
13°
28°
Mon
9/28
Clear
3%
16°
26°
Tue
9/29
Clear
8%
16°
29°
Wed
9/30
Rain
68%
18°
28°
Thu
10/1
Rain
68%
19°
28°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
27°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
26°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
17°
25°
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 3.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 36 Good 36 18
Thu 33 Good 33 21
Fri 32 Good 32 17
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 mar. sept. 22, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE762 J/kg
MLCAPE495 J/kg
MUCAPE830 J/kg
SBCIN-11 J/kg
MLCIN-5 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear6 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear8 kt
0–1 km SRH-33
0–3 km SRH4
Eff. SRH4
Storm Motion24° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.06 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals41.3
LCL991 hPa
LFC939 hPa
EL205 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,692 ft