Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Wake County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:34 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Overcast
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
5 mph E
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.71 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.5
Cloud Cover
92%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wake County is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 74% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1204 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:56PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
45 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
71%
8 PM
24°
74%
9 PM
23°
60%
10 PM
22°
52%
11 PM
22°
60%
12 AM
22°
59%
1 AM
22°
39%
2 AM
22°
39%
3 AM
22°
52%
4 AM
22°
37%
5 AM
20°
54%
6 AM
20°
54%
7 AM
21°
54%
8 AM
21°
54%
9 AM
22°
43%
10 AM
23°
43%
11 AM
23°
43%
12 PM
24°
48%
1 PM
26°
48%
2 PM
27°
53%
3 PM
27°
54%
4 PM
27°
54%
5 PM
27°
54%
6 PM
27°
46%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 20°
Overcast with a 71% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 54% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 21°
Clear.
Mon
31° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 19°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
31° 20°
Rain, 73% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Overcast 71% 5 mph E 90%
8 PM 24° Rain 74% 5 mph E 92%
9 PM 23° Rain 60% 4 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 22° Overcast 52% 4 mph SE 94%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 60% 4 mph SSE 94%
12 AM 22° Rain 59% 3 mph SSE 94%
1 AM 22° Overcast 39% 3 mph SSE 93%
2 AM 22° Overcast 39% 3 mph SSE 93%
3 AM 22° Overcast 52% 2 mph SSE 94%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 37% 1 mph SSW 94%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph S 93%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 1 mph SSE 92%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph ESE 91%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 54% 3 mph SE 88%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 43% 3 mph SE 85%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph SSE 81%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph S 77%
12 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 48% 5 mph S 73%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 48% 5 mph SSW 68%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SSW 67%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SSW 67%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SSW 67%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SSW 68%
6 PM 27° Mostly Clear 46% 5 mph SSW 70%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
71%
20°
26°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
54%
20°
29°
Sun
8/23
Clear
16%
21°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
19°
31°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
37%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
19°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
73%
20°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
80%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
19°
33°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
21°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
21°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
45
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
44 AQI 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
45 AQI 49 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 45 Good 45 44
Sun 42 Good 42 34
Mon 37 Good 37 37
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
SBCAPE643 J/kg
MLCAPE593 J/kg
MUCAPE908 J/kg
SBCIN-24 J/kg
MLCIN-29 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear17 kt
0–1 km SRH53
0–3 km SRH98
Eff. SRH98
Storm Motion293° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index40.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.37 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals48.9
LCL985 hPa
LFC754 hPa
EL254 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,157 ft