Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC 4:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Heat Advisory — Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 7:00 PM

Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:15 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
30°C
Feels like 34°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
8 mph SSW
Humidity
68%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
6.0
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Brunswick County is currently partly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1955 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:52PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC
Expires 4:30 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Heat Advisory
Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
30°
44%
6 PM
29°
82%
7 PM
27°
77%
8 PM
27°
65%
9 PM
26°
70%
10 PM
25°
84%
11 PM
25°
90%
12 AM
24°
90%
1 AM
24°
82%
2 AM
24°
73%
3 AM
23°
60%
4 AM
23°
61%
5 AM
22°
61%
6 AM
23°
68%
7 AM
23°
68%
8 AM
24°
81%
9 AM
26°
86%
10 AM
26°
86%
11 AM
26°
86%
12 PM
28°
90%
1 PM
29°
85%
2 PM
29°
76%
3 PM
29°
85%
4 PM
30°
82%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 22°
Heavy Rain, 86% chance.
Sun
33° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 23°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
32° 23°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 30° Partly Cloudy 44% 8 mph SSW 68%
6 PM 29° Overcast 82% 5 mph SSE 73%
7 PM 27° Overcast 77% 7 mph NNE 77%
8 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 65% 6 mph N 81%
9 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 70% 4 mph NNW 84%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 84% 4 mph NNW 87%
11 PM 25° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph WNW 89%
12 AM 24° Heavy Rain 90% 4 mph NNW 89%
1 AM 24° Heavy Rain 82% 4 mph E 90%
2 AM 24° Rain 73% 4 mph ESE 90%
3 AM 23° Overcast 60% 4 mph ESE 90%
4 AM 23° Overcast 61% 4 mph SE 90%
5 AM 22° Heavy Rain 61% 4 mph SE 90%
6 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 68% 3 mph SSE 90%
7 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 68% 4 mph S 89%
8 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 81% 5 mph S 88%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 86% 5 mph S 86%
10 AM 26° Heavy Rain 86% 4 mph SSW 85%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 86% 4 mph SSW 83%
12 PM 28° Overcast 90% 5 mph SSW 80%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 85% 5 mph SSW 78%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 76% 6 mph SSW 75%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 85% 6 mph SSW 73%
4 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 82% 6 mph SSW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Partly Cloudy
90%
22°
33°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
86%
22°
32°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
26%
23°
33°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
60%
23°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
23°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
23°
32°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
23°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
68%
22°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
23°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
31°
50
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
50 AQI 9.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 50 Good 43 50
Sun 37 Good 37 29
Mon 38 Good 36 38
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, 20:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2093 J/kg
MLCAPE2439 J/kg
MUCAPE3055 J/kg
SBCIN-29 J/kg
MLCIN-23 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear14 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear15 kt
0–1 km SRH27
0–3 km SRH37
Eff. SRH37
Storm Motion256° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.33 in
0–3 km LR6.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals49.0
LCL918 hPa
LFC838 hPa
EL156 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,721 ft