Orange County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:35 PM CDT · Refresh

24°C

Feels like 27°

Rain

▲ 27° / ▼ 19°

Wind

6 mph E

Humidity

90%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

29.35 inHg

Visibility

7 mi

UV Index

0.3

Cloud Cover

100%

Sunrise

6:39 AM

Sunset

7:58 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Orange County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 78% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 930 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:39AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

47 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

24°

74%

8 PM

24°

77%

9 PM

22°

74%

10 PM

22°

52%

11 PM

22°

44%

12 AM

21°

44%

1 AM

22°

38%

2 AM

22°

35%

3 AM

21°

36%

4 AM

21°

36%

5 AM

19°

36%

6 AM

19°

36%

7 AM

19°

38%

8 AM

20°

30%

9 AM

21°

41%

10 AM

22°

41%

11 AM

23°

40%

12 PM

23°

49%

1 PM

26°

49%

2 PM

27°

54%

3 PM

28°

44%

4 PM

28°

40%

5 PM

27°

40%

6 PM

27°

34%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

27° 19°

Rain, 74% chance.

Sat

31° 19°

Partly Cloudy with a 49% chance of rain.

Sun

32° 19°

Clear.

Mon

31° 17°

Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.

Tue

32° 16°

Partly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.

Wed

33° 18°

Rain, 69% chance.

Thu

32° 19°

Rain, 73% chance.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 24° Rain 74% 6 mph E 90%

8 PM 24° Rain 77% 5 mph ESE 95%

9 PM 22° Heavy Rain 74% 5 mph ESE 96%

10 PM 22° Rain 52% 4 mph ESE 97%

11 PM 22° Overcast 44% 4 mph SE 98%

12 AM 21° Overcast 44% 3 mph SSE 98%

1 AM 22° Overcast 38% 3 mph SSE 97%

2 AM 22° Overcast 35% 3 mph SSE 97%

3 AM 21° Overcast 36% 2 mph SE 98%

4 AM 21° Overcast 36% 2 mph ESE 98%

5 AM 19° Overcast 36% 2 mph ESE 97%

6 AM 19° Overcast 36% 3 mph SE 96%

7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 38% 4 mph SE 96%

8 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 30% 4 mph SSE 92%

9 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph SSE 86%

10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph S 80%

11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 40% 3 mph SSW 76%

12 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 49% 4 mph SW 74%

1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 49% 4 mph SW 71%

2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 4 mph SW 69%

3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SW 67%

4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 40% 5 mph SW 65%

5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 40% 5 mph SSW 66%

6 PM 27° Mostly Clear 34% 5 mph SSW 70%

15-Day Forecast

Today

8/21

Rain

74%

19°

27°

Sat

8/22

Partly Cloudy

49%

19°

31°

Sun

8/23

Clear

12%

19°

32°

Mon

8/24

Mostly Clear

53%

17°

31°

Tue

8/25

Partly Cloudy

37%

16°

32°

Wed

8/26

Rain

69%

18°

33°

Thu

8/27

Rain

73%

19°

32°

Fri

8/28

Rain

63%

20°

33°

Sat

8/29

Rain

66%

19°

34°

Sun

8/30

Rain

72%

19°

34°

Mon

8/31

Drizzle

56%

19°

35°

Tue

9/1

Drizzle

60%

23°

34°

Wed

9/2

Drizzle

60%

22°

34°

Thu

9/3

Drizzle

60%

22°

33°

Fri

9/4

Drizzle

60%

22°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

Dominant

47 AQI 52 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Sat 47 Good 47 41

Sun 40 Good 40 23

Mon 37 Good 37 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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

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

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE776 J/kg

MLCAPE771 J/kg

MUCAPE825 J/kg

SBCIN-22 J/kg

MLCIN-6 J/kg

Lifted Index-3.7

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear27 kt

0–1 km Shear9 kt

Eff. Shear24 kt

0–1 km SRH49

0–3 km SRH89

Eff. SRH89

Storm Motion295° @ 15 kt

0–1 km EHI0.2

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.1

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.9

K-Index37.7

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.21 in

0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km

700–500 LR5.8 °C/km

Total Totals47.7

LCL966 hPa

LFC864 hPa

EL256 hPa

Freezing Lvl13,589 ft

Orange County, North Carolina, United States

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