Small Craft Advisory — Pamlico Sound, AM 9:00 PM

Oriental, North Carolina

Last updated: 9:53 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 25°
Clear
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
14 mph NE
Humidity
62%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
30.07 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
8.1
Cloud Cover
10%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
7:24 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Oriental is currently clear at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 527 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 7:24PM.

Alerts

Small Craft Advisory
Pamlico Sound, AM
Expires 9:00 PM
31 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
4%
11 AM
26°
16%
12 PM
26°
14%
1 PM
27°
7%
2 PM
27°
3%
3 PM
27°
3%
4 PM
27°
3%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
26°
3%
7 PM
26°
3%
8 PM
25°
3%
9 PM
24°
3%
10 PM
24°
3%
11 PM
24°
3%
12 AM
24°
3%
1 AM
23°
3%
2 AM
23°
3%
3 AM
23°
3%
4 AM
23°
3%
5 AM
22°
3%
6 AM
22°
3%
7 AM
23°
3%
8 AM
23°
3%
9 AM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
28° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
29° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
29° 21°
Clear with a 52% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
30° 23°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
Sun
29° 23°
Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Clear 4% 14 mph NE 62%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 16% 14 mph NE 60%
12 PM 26° Mostly Clear 14% 15 mph NE 60%
1 PM 27° Mostly Clear 7% 16 mph NE 59%
2 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 16 mph ENE 60%
3 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 16 mph ENE 61%
4 PM 27° Clear 3% 16 mph ENE 62%
5 PM 27° Clear 3% 15 mph ENE 64%
6 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 14 mph ENE 67%
7 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph NE 69%
8 PM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph NE 69%
9 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph NE 70%
10 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph NE 70%
11 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph NE 69%
12 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph ENE 69%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph ENE 69%
2 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph NE 69%
3 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph NE 70%
4 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NE 70%
5 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NE 71%
6 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NE 71%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NE 71%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NE 68%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NE 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/7
Mostly Clear
7%
21°
28°
Tue
9/8
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
28°
Wed
9/9
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
29°
Thu
9/10
Clear
52%
21°
29°
Fri
9/11
Rain
82%
22°
31°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
52%
23°
30°
Sun
9/13
Clear
28%
23°
29°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
42%
21°
28°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
44%
21°
32°
Wed
9/16
Rain
68%
20°
28°
Thu
9/17
Drizzle
64%
18°
25°
Fri
9/18
Drizzle
60%
21°
24°
Sat
9/19
Drizzle
60%
20°
24°
Sun
9/20
Drizzle
60%
20°
24°
Mon
9/21
Clear
60%
20°
24°
31
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
21 AQI 3.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
31 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Tue 31 Good 31 21
Wed 34 Good 34 14
Thu 31 Good 31 16
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 Mon Sep 7, 13:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE627 J/kg
MLCAPE7 J/kg
MUCAPE627 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-1 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH-17
0–3 km SRH89
Eff. SRH89
Storm Motion354° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.6
K-Index20.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.17 in
0–3 km LR6.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals39.6
LCL922 hPa
LFC1018 hPa
EL250 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,596 ft