Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Johnston County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
5 mph E
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.82 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.6
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Johnston County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 78% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1495 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:37AM · Sunset: 7:55PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
77%
8 PM
24°
70%
9 PM
23°
72%
10 PM
23°
61%
11 PM
22°
68%
12 AM
22°
74%
1 AM
22°
76%
2 AM
22°
71%
3 AM
22°
66%
4 AM
22°
66%
5 AM
20°
66%
6 AM
21°
66%
7 AM
21°
66%
8 AM
21°
66%
9 AM
22°
66%
10 AM
22°
62%
11 AM
23°
54%
12 PM
24°
53%
1 PM
26°
58%
2 PM
27°
64%
3 PM
27°
64%
4 PM
27°
59%
5 PM
27°
54%
6 PM
27°
50%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 77% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 76% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 24% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 20°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 21°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
30° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 77% 6 mph E 94%
8 PM 24° Rain 70% 4 mph E 95%
9 PM 23° Overcast 72% 3 mph E 96%
10 PM 23° Overcast 61% 4 mph SE 96%
11 PM 22° Rain 68% 4 mph SSE 97%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 74% 4 mph SSE 97%
1 AM 22° Rain 76% 3 mph SSE 96%
2 AM 22° Rain 71% 3 mph SE 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 66% 2 mph ESE 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 66% 2 mph E 96%
5 AM 20° Rain 66% 2 mph E 96%
6 AM 21° Rain 66% 2 mph ESE 95%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 66% 3 mph SE 94%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 66% 3 mph SE 94%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 66% 3 mph SE 92%
10 AM 22° Overcast 62% 3 mph SSE 89%
11 AM 23° Overcast 54% 3 mph S 85%
12 PM 24° Overcast 53% 4 mph SSW 80%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 58% 5 mph SSW 75%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 64% 5 mph SSW 72%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 64% 5 mph SSW 71%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 59% 5 mph SSW 71%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 5 mph SSW 72%
6 PM 27° Mostly Clear 50% 5 mph SSW 76%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
77%
20°
26°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
76%
20°
29°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
24%
21°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
20°
31°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
45%
18°
30°
Wed
8/26
Heavy Rain
80%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
80%
21°
30°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
21°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
21°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
21°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 42 Good 39 42
Sun 36 Good 33 36
Mon 41 Good 33 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 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE503 J/kg
MLCAPE498 J/kg
MUCAPE912 J/kg
SBCIN-38 J/kg
MLCIN-39 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear19 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear17 kt
0–1 km SRH116
0–3 km SRH135
Eff. SRH135
Storm Motion274° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index40.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.41 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals49.2
LCL996 hPa
LFC754 hPa
EL269 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,442 ft