Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Craven County, North Carolina, United States

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27°C
Feels like 29°
Overcast
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
9 mph NE
Humidity
81%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.99 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
3.2
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:32 AM
Sunset
7:49 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Craven County is currently overcast at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 89% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1511 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:32AM · Sunset: 7:49PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
79%
6 PM
27°
89%
7 PM
26°
88%
8 PM
26°
87%
9 PM
25°
74%
10 PM
24°
84%
11 PM
24°
75%
12 AM
24°
57%
1 AM
24°
46%
2 AM
23°
43%
3 AM
23°
62%
4 AM
23°
56%
5 AM
22°
51%
6 AM
22°
51%
7 AM
22°
56%
8 AM
23°
57%
9 AM
24°
57%
10 AM
25°
58%
11 AM
26°
69%
12 PM
27°
70%
1 PM
29°
70%
2 PM
29°
70%
3 PM
29°
70%
4 PM
29°
60%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 22°
Overcast with a 87% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 22°
Heavy Rain, 69% chance.
Sun
33° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 21°
Clear with a 73% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
Wed
33° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
33° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Overcast 79% 9 mph NE 81%
6 PM 27° Rain 89% 7 mph NNE 86%
7 PM 26° Heavy Rain 88% 8 mph NNE 89%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 87% 8 mph NNE 90%
9 PM 25° Rain 74% 5 mph NE 90%
10 PM 24° Rain 84% 5 mph ENE 90%
11 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 75% 6 mph ESE 90%
12 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 57% 4 mph SSE 91%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SW 92%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 4 mph SW 93%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 62% 2 mph S 93%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 56% 2 mph SE 94%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 51% 2 mph E 94%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 51% 3 mph E 94%
7 AM 22° Rain 56% 4 mph ENE 93%
8 AM 23° Rain 57% 4 mph E 92%
9 AM 24° Heavy Rain 57% 4 mph ESE 88%
10 AM 25° Heavy Rain 58% 4 mph SE 83%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 69% 4 mph SSE 80%
12 PM 27° Heavy Rain 70% 5 mph SSE 79%
1 PM 29° Heavy Rain 70% 6 mph SSE 78%
2 PM 29° Heavy Rain 70% 7 mph SSE 78%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 70% 6 mph SSE 78%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 60% 6 mph SSE 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
87%
22°
30°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
69%
22°
32°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
26%
22°
33°
Mon
8/24
Clear
73%
21°
34°
Tue
8/25
Rain
82%
21°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
22°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
72%
22°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
90%
23°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
22°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
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 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 39 Good 38 39
Sun 33 Good 33 26
Mon 37 Good 37 36
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
SBCAPE1406 J/kg
MLCAPE1587 J/kg
MUCAPE1788 J/kg
SBCIN-24 J/kg
MLCIN-13 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear33 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear34 kt
0–1 km SRH67
0–3 km SRH79
Eff. SRH79
Storm Motion265° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.4
STP (eff)0.5
Supercell2.5
K-Index38.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.46 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals49.7
LCL969 hPa
LFC809 hPa
EL185 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,662 ft