High Wind Watch 1:00 AM

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Last updated: 7:43 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
25°C
Feels like 24°
Clear
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
19 mph SSW
Humidity
84%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
6%
Sunrise
7:10 AM
Sunset
6:27 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ocracoke is currently clear at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 850 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 7:10AM · Sunset: 6:27PM.

Alerts

High Wind Watch
Expires 1:00 AM
37 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
25°
12%
9 PM
25°
31%
10 PM
24°
24%
11 PM
24°
31%
12 AM
24°
31%
1 AM
24°
31%
2 AM
24°
30%
3 AM
24°
38%
4 AM
24°
61%
5 AM
23°
70%
6 AM
22°
87%
7 AM
21°
75%
8 AM
21°
77%
9 AM
22°
81%
10 AM
21°
90%
11 AM
21°
90%
12 PM
20°
90%
1 PM
20°
90%
2 PM
19°
90%
3 PM
19°
90%
4 PM
19°
90%
5 PM
18°
90%
6 PM
18°
90%
7 PM
17°
90%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
Sat
27° 16°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Sun
21° 16°
Overcast with a 68% chance of rain.
Mon
21° 17°
Heavy Rain, 79% chance.
Tue
21° 17°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Wed
21° 17°
Rain, 62% chance.
Thu
21° 17°
Rain, 57% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 25° Clear 12% 19 mph SSW 84%
9 PM 25° Mostly Clear 31% 19 mph SSW 84%
10 PM 24° Mostly Clear 24% 20 mph SSW 84%
11 PM 24° Mostly Clear 31% 20 mph SW 83%
12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 20 mph SW 83%
1 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 31% 20 mph SW 82%
2 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 30% 20 mph SW 81%
3 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 38% 19 mph SW 81%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 61% 18 mph WSW 82%
5 AM 23° Overcast 70% 13 mph WNW 85%
6 AM 22° Overcast 87% 14 mph N 88%
7 AM 21° Overcast 75% 23 mph NNE 89%
8 AM 21° Overcast 77% 25 mph NNE 89%
9 AM 22° Overcast 81% 24 mph NNE 89%
10 AM 21° Overcast 90% 23 mph NNE 90%
11 AM 21° Overcast 90% 26 mph N 91%
12 PM 20° Rain 90% 30 mph N 92%
1 PM 20° Rain 90% 34 mph N 92%
2 PM 19° Rain 90% 36 mph N 91%
3 PM 19° Rain 90% 38 mph N 92%
4 PM 19° Rain 90% 38 mph N 92%
5 PM 18° Rain 90% 39 mph N 92%
6 PM 18° Rain 90% 39 mph N 91%
7 PM 17° Rain 90% 39 mph N 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Mostly Clear
31%
18°
26°
Sat
10/17
Overcast
90%
16°
27°
Sun
10/18
Overcast
68%
16°
21°
Mon
10/19
Heavy Rain
79%
17°
21°
Tue
10/20
Drizzle
70%
17°
21°
Wed
10/21
Rain
62%
17°
21°
Thu
10/22
Rain
57%
17°
21°
Fri
10/23
Rain
74%
17°
21°
Sat
10/24
Rain
58%
17°
21°
Sun
10/25
Overcast
44%
16°
21°
Mon
10/26
Drizzle
60%
17°
21°
Tue
10/27
Rain
90%
18°
22°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
18°
22°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
18°
21°
Fri
10/30
Drizzle
60%
18°
21°
37
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
30 AQI 5.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
37 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 37 Good 37 30
Sun 31 Good 31 24
Mon 36 Good 36 29
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 Oct 16, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE622 J/kg
MLCAPE82 J/kg
MUCAPE622 J/kg
SBCIN-67 J/kg
MLCIN-195 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH77
0–3 km SRH45
Eff. SRH45
Storm Motion252° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.3
K-Index0.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.21 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals35.5
LCL972 hPa
LFC671 hPa
EL257 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,640 ft