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Morehead City, North Carolina

Last updated: 8:34 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 27°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
8 mph NNE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
30.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
80%
Sunrise
6:55 AM
Sunset
7:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Morehead City is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 67% around 2 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 721 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:55AM · Sunset: 7:03PM.

33 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
43%
10 PM
24°
53%
11 PM
24°
49%
12 AM
24°
49%
1 AM
24°
59%
2 AM
24°
59%
3 AM
24°
58%
4 AM
24°
43%
5 AM
22°
44%
6 AM
22°
32%
7 AM
22°
29%
8 AM
23°
30%
9 AM
23°
45%
10 AM
23°
58%
11 AM
23°
50%
12 PM
23°
54%
1 PM
25°
62%
2 PM
26°
67%
3 PM
25°
63%
4 PM
26°
63%
5 PM
24°
63%
6 PM
24°
56%
7 PM
24°
43%
8 PM
24°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
27° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 43% chance of rain.
Wed
26° 22°
Overcast with a 63% chance of rain.
Thu
26° 18°
Rain, 76% chance.
Fri
24° 15°
Overcast.
Sat
26° 14°
Clear.
Sun
27° 15°
Clear.
Mon
26° 18°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 43% 8 mph NNE 88%
10 PM 24° Overcast 53% 8 mph NNE 90%
11 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 49% 8 mph NNE 91%
12 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 49% 9 mph NNE 92%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 59% 10 mph NNE 92%
2 AM 24° Rain 59% 11 mph NNE 91%
3 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 58% 11 mph NNE 90%
4 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 43% 12 mph NNE 90%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 44% 12 mph NNE 89%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 32% 12 mph NNE 88%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 29% 12 mph NNE 88%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 30% 13 mph N 87%
9 AM 23° Overcast 45% 14 mph N 86%
10 AM 23° Overcast 58% 16 mph N 86%
11 AM 23° Overcast 50% 16 mph NNE 85%
12 PM 23° Overcast 54% 16 mph NNE 84%
1 PM 25° Overcast 62% 17 mph NNE 82%
2 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 67% 16 mph NNE 80%
3 PM 25° Overcast 63% 17 mph NNE 81%
4 PM 26° Overcast 63% 16 mph NNE 83%
5 PM 24° Overcast 63% 16 mph NNE 84%
6 PM 24° Overcast 56% 16 mph NNE 84%
7 PM 24° Overcast 43% 16 mph NNE 84%
8 PM 24° Overcast 37% 16 mph NNE 84%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/22
Mostly Cloudy
43%
22°
27°
Wed
9/23
Overcast
63%
22°
26°
Thu
9/24
Rain
76%
18°
26°
Fri
9/25
Overcast
7%
15°
24°
Sat
9/26
Clear
3%
14°
26°
Sun
9/27
Clear
3%
15°
27°
Mon
9/28
Clear
3%
18°
26°
Tue
9/29
Clear
18%
18°
28°
Wed
9/30
Rain
69%
20°
28°
Thu
10/1
Rain
68%
21°
28°
Fri
10/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
28°
Sat
10/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
27°
Sun
10/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
27°
Mon
10/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
26°
Tue
10/6
Drizzle
60%
18°
25°
33
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
23 AQI 4.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
33 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 33 Good 33 23
Thu 32 Good 32 24
Fri 31 Good 31 22
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 Tue Sep 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
SBCAPE595 J/kg
MLCAPE392 J/kg
MUCAPE921 J/kg
SBCIN-21 J/kg
MLCIN-10 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear7 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear9 kt
0–1 km SRH-30
0–3 km SRH-10
Eff. SRH-10
Storm Motion27° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index29.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.01 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals40.4
LCL988 hPa
LFC922 hPa
EL217 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,698 ft