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

Sampson County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
6 mph ESE
Humidity
89%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.85 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
0.3
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Sampson County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 85% around 7 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1689 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
49 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
63%
8 PM
24°
72%
9 PM
23°
71%
10 PM
23°
68%
11 PM
23°
68%
12 AM
22°
67%
1 AM
22°
63%
2 AM
22°
61%
3 AM
22°
57%
4 AM
22°
50%
5 AM
21°
56%
6 AM
21°
76%
7 AM
21°
85%
8 AM
22°
85%
9 AM
23°
84%
10 AM
24°
83%
11 AM
25°
83%
12 PM
26°
84%
1 PM
27°
76%
2 PM
27°
74%
3 PM
27°
74%
4 PM
27°
70%
5 PM
27°
69%
6 PM
27°
67%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Rain, 68% chance.
Sat
30° 21°
Rain, 85% chance.
Sun
31° 22°
Haze with a 24% chance of rain.
Mon
30° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 19°
Rain, 60% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
30° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 63% 7 mph ESE 89%
8 PM 24° Rain 72% 7 mph ESE 90%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 71% 5 mph SE 92%
10 PM 23° Heavy Rain 68% 4 mph SSE 94%
11 PM 23° Heavy Rain 68% 5 mph SE 94%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 67% 4 mph SE 94%
1 AM 22° Rain 63% 3 mph ESE 94%
2 AM 22° Overcast 61% 4 mph ESE 94%
3 AM 22° Overcast 57% 4 mph ESE 94%
4 AM 22° Overcast 50% 4 mph SE 94%
5 AM 21° Overcast 56% 4 mph SE 95%
6 AM 21° Overcast 76% 3 mph E 95%
7 AM 21° Rain 85% 4 mph NNE 96%
8 AM 22° Rain 85% 3 mph NE 94%
9 AM 23° Rain 84% 3 mph E 91%
10 AM 24° Thunderstorm 83% 3 mph ESE 88%
11 AM 25° Rain 83% 3 mph SE 83%
12 PM 26° Rain 84% 3 mph S 77%
1 PM 27° Rain 76% 4 mph S 71%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 74% 4 mph SSW 69%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 74% 4 mph SSW 71%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 70% 5 mph SSW 72%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 69% 5 mph SSW 74%
6 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 67% 5 mph SSW 76%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
68%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
85%
21°
30°
Sun
8/23
Haze
24%
22°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
21°
30°
Tue
8/25
Rain
60%
19°
30°
Wed
8/26
Rain
80%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
30°
Fri
8/28
Rain
66%
23°
31°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
32°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
22°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
22°
36°
Tue
9/1
Rain
90%
23°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Rain
90%
21°
30°
49
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
49 AQI 8.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 49 Good 41 49
Sun 36 Good 36 32
Mon 41 Good 36 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
SBCAPE314 J/kg
MLCAPE258 J/kg
MUCAPE565 J/kg
SBCIN-136 J/kg
MLCIN-154 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH138
0–3 km SRH179
Eff. SRH179
Storm Motion277° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.2
K-Index37.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.25 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals48.1
LCL993 hPa
LFC715 hPa
EL367 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,501 ft