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Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

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28°C
Feels like 29°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
6 mph ENE
Humidity
70%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.02 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
5.1
Cloud Cover
67%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lincoln County is currently mostly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1472 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 8:06PM.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
64 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
69%
6 PM
28°
71%
7 PM
26°
70%
8 PM
24°
70%
9 PM
23°
70%
10 PM
21°
83%
11 PM
21°
59%
12 AM
21°
58%
1 AM
21°
58%
2 AM
21°
45%
3 AM
20°
32%
4 AM
20°
23%
5 AM
20°
12%
6 AM
18°
9%
7 AM
18°
5%
8 AM
19°
5%
9 AM
20°
5%
10 AM
22°
5%
11 AM
22°
9%
12 PM
25°
9%
1 PM
26°
9%
2 PM
29°
9%
3 PM
29°
12%
4 PM
29°
12%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 70% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 17°
Clear.
Mon
32° 17°
Mostly Clear with a 44% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 17°
Clear.
Wed
32° 18°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
30° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Mostly Cloudy 69% 6 mph ENE 70%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 71% 5 mph ENE 76%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 70% 4 mph NE 87%
8 PM 24° Overcast 70% 5 mph NE 94%
9 PM 23° Overcast 70% 4 mph ENE 95%
10 PM 21° Overcast 83% 3 mph NE 96%
11 PM 21° Rain 59% 3 mph ENE 96%
12 AM 21° Thunderstorm 58% 3 mph ESE 97%
1 AM 21° Rain 58% 4 mph S 97%
2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph SE 97%
3 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 32% 3 mph W 98%
4 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 23% 3 mph NW 98%
5 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 12% 2 mph NNW 98%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 9% 2 mph ESE 97%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 5% 2 mph E 97%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 5% 2 mph E 95%
9 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 5% 2 mph SE 90%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 5% 2 mph SSE 85%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph S 80%
12 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 9% 2 mph SSW 74%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 9% 2 mph SSW 69%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph SSW 64%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 12% 3 mph SSW 63%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 12% 4 mph SSW 62%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
70%
18°
29°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
45%
18°
32°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
17°
32°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
44%
17°
32°
Tue
8/25
Clear
16%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
18°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
21°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
53%
18°
34°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
19°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
18°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
19°
34°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
64
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
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
35 AQI 6.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
64 AQI 59 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 64 Moderate 64 35
Sun 42 Good 42 32
Mon 37 Good 35 37
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
SBCAPE1536 J/kg
MLCAPE811 J/kg
MUCAPE1536 J/kg
SBCIN-5 J/kg
MLCIN-37 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear25 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH20
0–3 km SRH138
Eff. SRH138
Storm Motion281° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.3
Supercell2.9
K-Index38.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.98 in
0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals47.9
LCL902 hPa
LFC832 hPa
EL176 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,698 ft