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

Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States

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26°C
Feels like 28°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
7 mph ESE
Humidity
79%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.94 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
1.9
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
6:34 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lenoir County is currently rain at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1416 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:34AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
78%
6 PM
26°
83%
7 PM
25°
84%
8 PM
24°
73%
9 PM
23°
74%
10 PM
23°
75%
11 PM
23°
71%
12 AM
23°
65%
1 AM
23°
72%
2 AM
23°
65%
3 AM
22°
65%
4 AM
22°
60%
5 AM
21°
60%
6 AM
21°
57%
7 AM
22°
62%
8 AM
22°
63%
9 AM
24°
67%
10 AM
24°
67%
11 AM
26°
58%
12 PM
26°
59%
1 PM
29°
59%
2 PM
29°
66%
3 PM
29°
67%
4 PM
29°
57%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 21°
Rain, 78% chance.
Sat
32° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 65% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 22°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
32° 20°
Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 21°
Rain, 64% chance.
Wed
32° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
32° 22°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Rain 78% 7 mph ESE 79%
6 PM 26° Rain 83% 6 mph ESE 83%
7 PM 25° Heavy Rain 84% 6 mph ESE 89%
8 PM 24° Heavy Rain 73% 7 mph NE 94%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 74% 4 mph ESE 94%
10 PM 23° Heavy Rain 75% 4 mph ESE 94%
11 PM 23° Overcast 71% 5 mph SSE 94%
12 AM 23° Overcast 65% 3 mph SSE 94%
1 AM 23° Rain 72% 3 mph SSW 94%
2 AM 23° Rain 65% 3 mph SSW 94%
3 AM 22° Rain 65% 1 mph W 95%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 60% 2 mph NE 96%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 60% 2 mph ENE 96%
6 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 57% 3 mph ENE 95%
7 AM 22° Rain 62% 3 mph E 94%
8 AM 22° Rain 63% 3 mph SE 93%
9 AM 24° Rain 67% 3 mph SSE 88%
10 AM 24° Rain 67% 4 mph S 84%
11 AM 26° Rain 58% 5 mph SSW 81%
12 PM 26° Rain 59% 5 mph S 77%
1 PM 29° Rain 59% 5 mph S 74%
2 PM 29° Rain 66% 6 mph S 72%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 67% 6 mph S 72%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 57% 6 mph S 73%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
78%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
65%
21°
32°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
17%
22°
32°
Mon
8/24
Clear
60%
20°
32°
Tue
8/25
Rain
64%
21°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
90%
22°
32°
Fri
8/28
Rain
72%
21°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
30°
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°
41
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
38 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 41 Good 41 38
Sun 34 Good 34 31
Mon 39 Good 38 39
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
SBCAPE840 J/kg
MLCAPE1023 J/kg
MUCAPE1729 J/kg
SBCIN-66 J/kg
MLCIN-47 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH21
0–3 km SRH67
Eff. SRH67
Storm Motion291° @ 12 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.2
Supercell1.5
K-Index41.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.52 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals51.2
LCL973 hPa
LFC759 hPa
EL231 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,787 ft