Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Flash Flood Warning — Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY 8:45 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY 8:45 PM

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States

Last updated: 8:39 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph SW
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.62 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
74%
Sunrise
6:33 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rockcastle County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1098 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:33AM · Sunset: 8:54PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
Expires 8:45 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
Expires 8:45 PM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
33%
10 PM
23°
38%
11 PM
23°
30%
12 AM
23°
21%
1 AM
23°
21%
2 AM
22°
5%
3 AM
22°
8%
4 AM
22°
19%
5 AM
21°
8%
6 AM
21°
17%
7 AM
21°
20%
8 AM
22°
23%
9 AM
22°
20%
10 AM
23°
24%
11 AM
24°
13%
12 PM
24°
8%
1 PM
26°
8%
2 PM
27°
5%
3 PM
27°
5%
4 PM
26°
5%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
25°
3%
7 PM
24°
3%
8 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 33% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 21% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
25° 16°
Overcast with a 44% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
33° 22°
Rain, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 33% 8 mph SW 94%
10 PM 23° Overcast 38% 7 mph SW 96%
11 PM 23° Overcast 30% 7 mph SW 96%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 21% 6 mph SW 97%
1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 21% 5 mph SW 97%
2 AM 22° Mostly Clear 5% 4 mph WSW 97%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph W 98%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 3 mph W 98%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 8% 3 mph W 98%
6 AM 21° Overcast 17% 2 mph WNW 98%
7 AM 21° Fog 20% 3 mph NNW 97%
8 AM 22° Fog 23% 4 mph NNW 93%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 20% 4 mph N 88%
10 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 24% 4 mph N 83%
11 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 13% 5 mph N 79%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 8% 6 mph N 75%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 8% 6 mph N 72%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 7 mph NNW 69%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 68%
4 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 66%
5 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 68%
6 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 70%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph N 72%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph N 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
33%
21°
31°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
21%
18°
27°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
3%
15°
27°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
44%
16°
25°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Cloudy
29%
18°
28°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
19°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
71%
22°
33°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
71%
19°
32°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
69%
16°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
15°
28°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
14°
28°
Sat
8/1
Clear
25%
17°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
39
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
32 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 32 39
Thu 34 Good 34 24
Fri 36 Good 36 16
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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE443 J/kg
MLCAPE460 J/kg
MUCAPE1124 J/kg
SBCIN-102 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear52 kt
0–1 km Shear20 kt
Eff. Shear52 kt
0–1 km SRH-86
0–3 km SRH-99
Eff. SRH-99
Storm Motion256° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index32.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.67 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals42.8
LCL954 hPa
LFC718 hPa
EL196 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,806 ft