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

Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph ESE
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.91 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
0.5
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wayne County is currently rain at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1557 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 7:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
73%
8 PM
23°
76%
9 PM
23°
75%
10 PM
22°
74%
11 PM
22°
73%
12 AM
22°
68%
1 AM
22°
68%
2 AM
22°
67%
3 AM
22°
67%
4 AM
22°
63%
5 AM
21°
53%
6 AM
21°
77%
7 AM
21°
77%
8 AM
22°
81%
9 AM
23°
81%
10 AM
24°
81%
11 AM
26°
76%
12 PM
26°
76%
1 PM
26°
77%
2 PM
27°
80%
3 PM
27°
80%
4 PM
27°
83%
5 PM
27°
86%
6 PM
27°
85%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sat
28° 21°
Rain, 81% chance.
Sun
30° 22°
Haze with a 42% chance of rain.
Mon
30° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 18°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
29° 22°
Rain, 80% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 73% 8 mph ESE 91%
8 PM 23° Rain 76% 7 mph ESE 95%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 75% 6 mph ESE 96%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 74% 4 mph SE 96%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 73% 4 mph SSE 96%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 68% 5 mph SSE 96%
1 AM 22° Rain 68% 5 mph S 96%
2 AM 22° Rain 67% 4 mph S 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 67% 3 mph SE 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 63% 3 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 21° Overcast 53% 4 mph E 96%
6 AM 21° Overcast 77% 4 mph ENE 95%
7 AM 21° Overcast 77% 3 mph E 95%
8 AM 22° Overcast 81% 3 mph ESE 93%
9 AM 23° Overcast 81% 3 mph SE 90%
10 AM 24° Rain 81% 4 mph SE 86%
11 AM 26° Rain 76% 4 mph SSE 83%
12 PM 26° Rain 76% 5 mph SSE 79%
1 PM 26° Rain 77% 6 mph S 75%
2 PM 27° Rain 80% 6 mph S 73%
3 PM 27° Rain 80% 6 mph S 72%
4 PM 27° Rain 83% 6 mph S 72%
5 PM 27° Rain 86% 6 mph S 73%
6 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 85% 5 mph S 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
74%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
81%
21°
28°
Sun
8/23
Haze
42%
22°
30°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
21°
30°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
18°
29°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
80%
22°
29°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
22°
31°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
22°
31°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
56%
22°
36°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
30°
40
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
40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 40 Good 40 40
Sun 34 Good 34 33
Mon 41 Good 38 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
SBCAPE429 J/kg
MLCAPE505 J/kg
MUCAPE1069 J/kg
SBCIN-59 J/kg
MLCIN-47 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear17 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH99
0–3 km SRH167
Eff. SRH167
Storm Motion279° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.9
K-Index40.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.47 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals49.6
LCL1001 hPa
LFC760 hPa
EL315 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,537 ft