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

Lee County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Rain
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph E
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.61 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.5
Cloud Cover
92%
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lee County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 72% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1333 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:40AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
56%
8 PM
24°
71%
9 PM
23°
70%
10 PM
22°
70%
11 PM
22°
62%
12 AM
22°
62%
1 AM
22°
38%
2 AM
21°
35%
3 AM
21°
49%
4 AM
21°
49%
5 AM
19°
44%
6 AM
19°
44%
7 AM
20°
30%
8 AM
21°
26%
9 AM
23°
35%
10 AM
24°
35%
11 AM
25°
35%
12 PM
26°
35%
1 PM
27°
35%
2 PM
27°
39%
3 PM
27°
39%
4 PM
27°
30%
5 PM
28°
27%
6 PM
28°
30%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 19°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Sat
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 49% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 20°
Clear.
Mon
31° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 20°
Rain, 72% chance.
Thu
31° 19°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Drizzle 56% 5 mph E 92%
8 PM 24° Rain 71% 6 mph E 94%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 70% 5 mph ESE 94%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 70% 6 mph SE 94%
11 PM 22° Rain 62% 6 mph SSE 94%
12 AM 22° Overcast 62% 4 mph SSE 94%
1 AM 22° Overcast 38% 3 mph SE 95%
2 AM 21° Overcast 35% 3 mph W 95%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 49% 2 mph NW 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 49% 2 mph NW 96%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 44% 2 mph W 95%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 44% 2 mph ESE 94%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 30% 3 mph ESE 92%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 26% 3 mph SE 89%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 35% 3 mph SSE 84%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph S 79%
11 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph S 74%
12 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph SSW 70%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 35% 4 mph SW 67%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 39% 5 mph SW 66%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 39% 5 mph SW 66%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 30% 5 mph SW 66%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 27% 5 mph SSW 66%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 30% 5 mph SW 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Drizzle
70%
19°
29°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
49%
19°
30°
Sun
8/23
Clear
12%
20°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
18°
31°
Tue
8/25
Mostly Cloudy
37%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
72%
20°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
90%
19°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
20°
32°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
20°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
21°
38°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
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: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 42 Good 42 41
Sun 37 Good 37 31
Mon 37 Good 37 35
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
SBCAPE672 J/kg
MLCAPE827 J/kg
MUCAPE1349 J/kg
SBCIN-65 J/kg
MLCIN-41 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH65
0–3 km SRH87
Eff. SRH87
Storm Motion291° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.3
K-Index40.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.39 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals50.4
LCL985 hPa
LFC748 hPa
EL249 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,953 ft