Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flood Advisory — Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC 6:00 PM Flash Flood Warning — Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC 6:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Sampson County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 4:15 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 27°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
11 mph E
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.84 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
2.5
Cloud Cover
93%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Sampson County is currently rain at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 12 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1621 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

49 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
70%
6 PM
26°
77%
7 PM
24°
73%
8 PM
23°
73%
9 PM
23°
62%
10 PM
23°
75%
11 PM
23°
67%
12 AM
23°
68%
1 AM
23°
68%
2 AM
23°
62%
3 AM
22°
53%
4 AM
22°
49%
5 AM
21°
56%
6 AM
21°
57%
7 AM
22°
73%
8 AM
22°
77%
9 AM
23°
77%
10 AM
24°
76%
11 AM
25°
81%
12 PM
26°
86%
1 PM
28°
73%
2 PM
29°
73%
3 PM
29°
73%
4 PM
28°
67%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 21°
Rain, 73% chance.
Sat
31° 21°
Rain, 81% chance.
Sun
32° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 21% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 21°
Clear with a 73% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 21°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Wed
32° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
33° 22°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Rain 70% 11 mph E 75%
6 PM 26° Rain 77% 10 mph E 81%
7 PM 24° Heavy Rain 73% 7 mph E 85%
8 PM 23° Overcast 73% 6 mph E 89%
9 PM 23° Overcast 62% 5 mph ESE 90%
10 PM 23° Overcast 75% 4 mph ESE 92%
11 PM 23° Heavy Rain 67% 6 mph SE 94%
12 AM 23° Heavy Rain 68% 5 mph SE 94%
1 AM 23° Rain 68% 6 mph SSE 94%
2 AM 23° Overcast 62% 4 mph ESE 95%
3 AM 22° Overcast 53% 3 mph E 94%
4 AM 22° Overcast 49% 4 mph E 94%
5 AM 21° Overcast 56% 5 mph E 94%
6 AM 21° Rain 57% 4 mph ENE 94%
7 AM 22° Rain 73% 2 mph E 94%
8 AM 22° Rain 77% 2 mph ENE 94%
9 AM 23° Rain 77% 3 mph SSE 89%
10 AM 24° Rain 76% 3 mph S 85%
11 AM 25° Rain 81% 4 mph S 80%
12 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 86% 4 mph S 77%
1 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 73% 4 mph S 73%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 4 mph S 71%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 4 mph SSW 73%
4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 67% 5 mph SW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
73%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
81%
21°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Cloudy
21%
22°
32°
Mon
8/24
Clear
73%
21°
33°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
51%
21°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
90%
22°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
21°
33°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
31°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
22°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Tue
9/1
Rain
90%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
49
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
49 AQI 8.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 49 Good 41 49
Sun 36 Good 36 32
Mon 41 Good 36 41
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
SBCAPE814 J/kg
MLCAPE858 J/kg
MUCAPE2201 J/kg
SBCIN-100 J/kg
MLCIN-95 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear31 kt
0–1 km SRH11
0–3 km SRH81
Eff. SRH81
Storm Motion324° @ 9 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.2
Supercell2.9
K-Index44.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.55 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals53.2
LCL960 hPa
LFC728 hPa
EL232 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,902 ft