Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM Areal Flood Advisory — Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY 9:15 PM Flash Flood Warning — Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY 9:15 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY 9:15 PM Flash Flood Warning — Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY 9:30 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY 9:30 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Clay County, KY, Laurel County, KY 9:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 1:00 AM

Laurel County, Kentucky, United States

Last updated: 8:37 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Overcast
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.59 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:32 AM
Sunset
8:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Laurel County is currently overcast at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 73% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1186 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:32AM · Sunset: 8:52PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 12:00 AM
Areal Flood Advisory
Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY
Expires 9:15 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
Expires 9:15 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
Expires 9:15 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
Expires 9:30 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
Expires 9:30 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Clay County, KY, Laurel County, KY
Expires 9:30 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 1:00 AM
38 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
49%
10 PM
23°
72%
11 PM
23°
59%
12 AM
23°
43%
1 AM
23°
36%
2 AM
22°
33%
3 AM
22°
52%
4 AM
22°
52%
5 AM
21°
44%
6 AM
21°
33%
7 AM
22°
36%
8 AM
22°
45%
9 AM
23°
45%
10 AM
23°
58%
11 AM
24°
46%
12 PM
25°
36%
1 PM
27°
27%
2 PM
27°
28%
3 PM
27°
18%
4 PM
27°
11%
5 PM
27°
5%
6 PM
26°
5%
7 PM
26°
3%
8 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 21°
Overcast with a 49% chance of rain.
Wed
28° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 16°
Clear.
Fri
27° 17°
Overcast with a 51% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 19°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Mon
33° 21°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Overcast 49% 6 mph SW 90%
10 PM 23° Overcast 72% 7 mph WSW 94%
11 PM 23° Overcast 59% 6 mph WSW 94%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 6 mph WSW 95%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 36% 6 mph WSW 96%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 33% 5 mph WSW 96%
3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph WSW 97%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 52% 5 mph W 97%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph W 97%
6 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 33% 4 mph W 97%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 36% 4 mph WNW 97%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WNW 94%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph NW 90%
10 AM 23° Rain 58% 3 mph NW 86%
11 AM 24° Rain 46% 4 mph NW 81%
12 PM 25° Rain 36% 4 mph NW 76%
1 PM 27° Rain 27% 5 mph NW 70%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 28% 5 mph NW 68%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 18% 5 mph NNW 67%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 67%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph NNW 68%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph NNW 70%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NNW 71%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NNW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Overcast
49%
21°
31°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
52%
18°
28°
Thu
7/23
Clear
3%
16°
28°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
51%
17°
27°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
45%
18°
29°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
70%
19°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
71%
21°
33°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
53%
19°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
44%
16°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
15°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Sat
8/1
Clear
25%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
38
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
38 AQI 6.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 38 Good 31 38
Thu 32 Good 32 27
Fri 33 Good 33 21
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 Jul 21, 23:00'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
SBCAPE431 J/kg
MLCAPE1049 J/kg
MUCAPE1343 J/kg
SBCIN-53 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear44 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH-3
0–3 km SRH-30
Eff. SRH-30
Storm Motion253° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index39.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.13 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals44.6
LCL950 hPa
LFC758 hPa
EL201 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,892 ft