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

Pender County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:14 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 31°
Rain
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
8 mph WSW
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.95 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
3.6
Cloud Cover
83%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Pender County is currently rain at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 89% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2081 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

Alerts

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
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
85%
6 PM
27°
89%
7 PM
26°
73%
8 PM
26°
78%
9 PM
24°
84%
10 PM
24°
79%
11 PM
24°
85%
12 AM
24°
81%
1 AM
24°
78%
2 AM
23°
62%
3 AM
23°
69%
4 AM
23°
61%
5 AM
22°
61%
6 AM
22°
62%
7 AM
22°
57%
8 AM
23°
62%
9 AM
24°
73%
10 AM
26°
78%
11 AM
26°
75%
12 PM
27°
78%
1 PM
29°
74%
2 PM
29°
60%
3 PM
29°
65%
4 PM
29°
65%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 22°
Rain, 85% chance.
Sat
32° 22°
Heavy Rain, 75% chance.
Sun
34° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 26% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 22°
Rain, 82% chance.
Wed
33° 21°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
33° 23°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Rain 85% 8 mph WSW 75%
6 PM 27° Heavy Rain 89% 5 mph N 82%
7 PM 26° Heavy Rain 73% 4 mph N 85%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 78% 4 mph NE 88%
9 PM 24° Overcast 84% 3 mph E 87%
10 PM 24° Overcast 79% 3 mph SE 87%
11 PM 24° Heavy Rain 85% 6 mph SW 88%
12 AM 24° Heavy Rain 81% 5 mph SSW 88%
1 AM 24° Rain 78% 3 mph S 89%
2 AM 23° Rain 62% 2 mph ESE 90%
3 AM 23° Overcast 69% 3 mph ESE 90%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 61% 3 mph ESE 90%
5 AM 22° Heavy Rain 61% 3 mph SE 90%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 62% 2 mph SE 90%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 57% 3 mph ESE 90%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 62% 4 mph ESE 89%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 73% 4 mph SSE 86%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 78% 4 mph S 82%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 75% 5 mph SSW 79%
12 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 78% 4 mph S 77%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 74% 5 mph SSE 74%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 60% 6 mph SSE 72%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 65% 6 mph S 72%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 65% 6 mph S 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
85%
22°
32°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
75%
22°
32°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Cloudy
26%
22°
34°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
60%
21°
34°
Tue
8/25
Rain
82%
22°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
21°
33°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
82%
23°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
82%
21°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
31°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
68%
22°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
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
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 51 Moderate 36 51
Sun 31 Good 31 27
Mon 39 Good 31 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
SBCAPE1399 J/kg
MLCAPE2031 J/kg
MUCAPE2599 J/kg
SBCIN-59 J/kg
MLCIN-27 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear21 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear23 kt
0–1 km SRH85
0–3 km SRH70
Eff. SRH70
Storm Motion255° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.2
K-Index39.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.47 in
0–3 km LR5.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals49.7
LCL941 hPa
LFC792 hPa
EL189 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,724 ft