Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC 4:30 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flash Flood Warning — Columbus County, NC 5:15 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

Columbus County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:15 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
27°C
Feels like 29°
Rain
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph NE
Humidity
78%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.92 inHg
Visibility
3 mi
UV Index
4.1
Cloud Cover
77%
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Columbus County is currently rain at 27°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1909 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:40AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

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
Flash Flood Warning
Columbus County, NC
Expires 5:15 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
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
85%
6 PM
26°
90%
7 PM
26°
90%
8 PM
26°
90%
9 PM
24°
90%
10 PM
23°
90%
11 PM
23°
90%
12 AM
23°
90%
1 AM
23°
77%
2 AM
23°
53%
3 AM
23°
53%
4 AM
22°
38%
5 AM
21°
44%
6 AM
21°
52%
7 AM
22°
61%
8 AM
23°
62%
9 AM
26°
62%
10 AM
27°
64%
11 AM
27°
67%
12 PM
28°
72%
1 PM
31°
73%
2 PM
31°
76%
3 PM
31°
77%
4 PM
31°
77%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 21°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
33° 21°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sun
33° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 22°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
33° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
33° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Rain 85% 8 mph NE 78%
6 PM 26° Heavy Rain 90% 7 mph N 84%
7 PM 26° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NNE 88%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NNE 92%
9 PM 24° Heavy Rain 90% 4 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 23° Thunderstorm 90% 6 mph S 94%
11 PM 23° Thunderstorm 90% 5 mph SE 94%
12 AM 23° Rain 90% 4 mph SE 94%
1 AM 23° Overcast 77% 3 mph SE 94%
2 AM 23° Overcast 53% 3 mph ESE 94%
3 AM 23° Overcast 53% 3 mph ESE 95%
4 AM 22° Overcast 38% 4 mph SE 95%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph SE 95%
6 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 52% 3 mph ESE 94%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 61% 3 mph SE 94%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph S 91%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph SSW 86%
10 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 64% 4 mph SSW 80%
11 AM 27° Rain 67% 4 mph SSW 76%
12 PM 28° Rain 72% 4 mph SW 73%
1 PM 31° Rain 73% 4 mph SW 71%
2 PM 31° Rain 76% 4 mph SW 69%
3 PM 31° Rain 77% 5 mph SW 70%
4 PM 31° Rain 77% 5 mph SW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
90%
21°
34°
Sat
8/22
Rain
74%
21°
33°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
17%
21°
33°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
60%
21°
34°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
22°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
21°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
34°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
51
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
51 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 51 Moderate 42 51
Sun 32 Good 32 28
Mon 38 Good 37 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
SBCAPE1545 J/kg
MLCAPE1725 J/kg
MUCAPE2190 J/kg
SBCIN-46 J/kg
MLCIN-33 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear17 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH71
0–3 km SRH91
Eff. SRH91
Storm Motion260° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.3
K-Index41.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.58 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals50.5
LCL965 hPa
LFC793 hPa
EL176 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,446 ft