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Wake County, North Carolina, United States

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26°C
Feels like 27°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
10 mph NNW
Humidity
70%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.59 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.0
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wake County is currently partly cloudy at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 66% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 823 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:59AM · Sunset: 8:34PM.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 7:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 7:00 PM
43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
30%
7 PM
27°
47%
8 PM
25°
65%
9 PM
23°
32%
10 PM
22°
25%
11 PM
21°
16%
12 AM
21°
16%
1 AM
19°
16%
2 AM
19°
3%
3 AM
19°
3%
4 AM
18°
3%
5 AM
18°
3%
6 AM
18°
3%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
20°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
25°
3%
11 AM
26°
3%
12 PM
27°
3%
1 PM
28°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
29°
3%
4 PM
29°
3%
5 PM
28°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
32° 19°
Mostly Cloudy.
Fri
32° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Sat
35° 21°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Sun
34° 19°
Drizzle, 62% chance.
Mon
33° 18°
Clear with a 62% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Partly Cloudy 30% 10 mph NNW 70%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 47% 10 mph NNW 75%
8 PM 25° Rain 65% 9 mph N 76%
9 PM 23° Rain 32% 6 mph N 76%
10 PM 22° Rain 25% 5 mph N 78%
11 PM 21° Drizzle 16% 3 mph N 79%
12 AM 21° Drizzle 16% 4 mph NNW 80%
1 AM 19° Drizzle 16% 4 mph NW 81%
2 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 82%
3 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 82%
4 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 82%
5 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 81%
6 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 77%
7 AM 19° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 71%
8 AM 20° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 64%
9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph N 57%
10 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph N 51%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph N 46%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph N 42%
1 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 38%
2 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 37%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 37%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 37%
5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNE 37%
15-Day Forecast
Today
6/23
Partly Cloudy
32%
18°
28°
Wed
6/24
Partly Cloudy
16%
18°
31°
Thu
6/25
Mostly Cloudy
14%
19°
32°
Fri
6/26
Rain
70%
21°
32°
Sat
6/27
Drizzle
70%
21°
35°
Sun
6/28
Drizzle
62%
19°
34°
Mon
6/29
Clear
62%
18°
33°
Tue
6/30
Clear
24%
16°
32°
Wed
7/1
Drizzle
66%
16°
32°
Thu
7/2
Drizzle
63%
17°
36°
Fri
7/3
Drizzle
76%
20°
29°
Sat
7/4
Drizzle
66%
22°
33°
Sun
7/5
Drizzle
66%
22°
32°
Mon
7/6
Drizzle
90%
21°
31°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
66%
21°
32°
43
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
33 AQI 6.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 43 Good 43 33
Thu 51 Moderate 51 41
Fri 64 Moderate 64 52
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 Tue Jun 23, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE958 J/kg
MLCAPE841 J/kg
MUCAPE1166 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear32 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear29 kt
0–1 km SRH-92
0–3 km SRH-126
Eff. SRH-126
Storm Motion251° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index29.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.69 in
0–3 km LR6.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals43.2
LCL931 hPa
LFC1002 hPa
EL236 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,751 ft