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Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
9 mph SW
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.85 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
6:29 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Nicholas County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1033 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:29AM · Sunset: 8:55PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 11:00 PM
33 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
26%
10 PM
23°
20%
11 PM
22°
24%
12 AM
22°
27%
1 AM
22°
20%
2 AM
22°
5%
3 AM
22°
6%
4 AM
21°
6%
5 AM
21°
6%
6 AM
19°
6%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
19°
3%
9 AM
19°
3%
10 AM
21°
3%
11 AM
22°
3%
12 PM
23°
3%
1 PM
24°
3%
2 PM
24°
3%
3 PM
24°
3%
4 PM
26°
3%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
24°
3%
7 PM
23°
3%
8 PM
22°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 13°
Clear.
Fri
26° 14°
Overcast with a 37% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 17°
Clear.
Sun
32° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 22°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 26% 9 mph SW 93%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 20% 9 mph WSW 93%
11 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 24% 8 mph WSW 94%
12 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 27% 7 mph WSW 95%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 20% 6 mph WSW 96%
2 AM 22° Overcast 5% 5 mph W 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 6% 5 mph WNW 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 6% 4 mph WNW 96%
5 AM 21° Overcast 6% 4 mph NW 96%
6 AM 19° Overcast 6% 5 mph NNW 94%
7 AM 19° Overcast 3% 7 mph N 93%
8 AM 19° Overcast 3% 8 mph N 89%
9 AM 19° Overcast 3% 8 mph N 84%
10 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 79%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 74%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 69%
1 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph N 64%
2 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph N 60%
3 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph N 58%
4 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NNW 56%
5 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NNW 57%
6 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 61%
7 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 64%
8 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Partly Cloudy
26%
19°
30°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
27%
16°
27°
Thu
7/23
Clear
3%
13°
27°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
37%
14°
26°
Sat
7/25
Clear
16%
17°
29°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
19°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
71%
22°
34°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
18°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
69%
16°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
14°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
14°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
32°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
33
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
26 AQI 4.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
33 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 33 Good 33 26
Thu 36 Good 36 14
Fri 38 Good 38 9
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 70 80 90 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE509 J/kg
MLCAPE361 J/kg
MUCAPE1174 J/kg
SBCIN-111 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear42 kt
0–1 km Shear21 kt
Eff. Shear50 kt
0–1 km SRH-58
0–3 km SRH-36
Eff. SRH-36
Storm Motion256° @ 35 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index28.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.33 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals42.0
LCL956 hPa
LFC788 hPa
EL191 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,902 ft