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Morehead City, North Carolina

Last updated: 4:32 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
30°C
Feels like 38°
Clear
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 26°
Wind
14 mph SSW
Humidity
79%
Dew Point
26°
Pressure
30.02 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
5.8
Cloud Cover
8%
Sunrise
6:27 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Morehead City is currently clear at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 80% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3161 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:27AM · Sunset: 7:56PM.

47 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
30°
10%
6 PM
31°
18%
7 PM
30°
18%
8 PM
29°
18%
9 PM
28°
21%
10 PM
28°
21%
11 PM
28°
21%
12 AM
28°
17%
1 AM
28°
12%
2 AM
27°
24%
3 AM
27°
25%
4 AM
27°
31%
5 AM
26°
31%
6 AM
26°
27%
7 AM
26°
15%
8 AM
27°
37%
9 AM
28°
35%
10 AM
29°
35%
11 AM
29°
40%
12 PM
31°
52%
1 PM
32°
56%
2 PM
32°
69%
3 PM
32°
69%
4 PM
32°
79%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 26°
Clear with a 21% chance of rain.
Sat
34° 26°
Heavy Rain, 79% chance.
Sun
32° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 26°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
33° 24°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Wed
33° 25°
Rain, 81% chance.
Thu
35° 26°
Thunderstorm, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 30° Clear 10% 14 mph SSW 79%
6 PM 31° Mostly Clear 18% 14 mph SSW 81%
7 PM 30° Mostly Clear 18% 13 mph SSW 84%
8 PM 29° Mostly Clear 18% 12 mph SW 85%
9 PM 28° Mostly Clear 21% 11 mph SW 85%
10 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 21% 11 mph SW 85%
11 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 21% 12 mph SW 86%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 17% 11 mph SW 86%
1 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 12% 11 mph SW 87%
2 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 24% 10 mph WSW 88%
3 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 25% 8 mph WSW 89%
4 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 31% 7 mph WSW 89%
5 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 31% 6 mph W 89%
6 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 27% 6 mph WNW 88%
7 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 15% 5 mph NW 87%
8 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 37% 5 mph NNW 85%
9 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph NNW 81%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph NNW 77%
11 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 40% 5 mph NW 74%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 52% 5 mph NW 73%
1 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 56% 5 mph WNW 72%
2 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 69% 5 mph W 72%
3 PM 32° Heavy Rain 69% 5 mph WSW 74%
4 PM 32° Heavy Rain 79% 6 mph SE 76%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/14
Clear
21%
26°
32°
Sat
8/15
Heavy Rain
79%
26°
34°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
46%
24°
32°
Mon
8/17
Rain
82%
26°
34°
Tue
8/18
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Wed
8/19
Rain
81%
25°
33°
Thu
8/20
Thunderstorm
81%
26°
35°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
24°
31°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
24°
30°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
24°
30°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
25°
30°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
24°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
24°
29°
47
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
47 AQI 8.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 47 Good 42 47
Sun 51 Moderate 37 51
Mon 41 Good 37 41
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 14, 20:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3859 J/kg
MLCAPE1289 J/kg
MUCAPE3859 J/kg
SBCIN-75 J/kg
MLCIN-146 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear24 kt
0–1 km SRH54
0–3 km SRH69
Eff. SRH69
Storm Motion20° @ 9 kt
0–1 km EHI1.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.3
K-Index35.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.21 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals48.9
LCL961 hPa
LFC864 hPa
EL124 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,207 ft