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

Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

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27°C
Feels like 28°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
9 mph ESE
Humidity
73%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.90 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
2.0
Cloud Cover
97%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wayne County is currently rain at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1587 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 7:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Flood Advisory
Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC
Expires 6:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
85%
6 PM
26°
90%
7 PM
24°
84%
8 PM
23°
78%
9 PM
23°
78%
10 PM
22°
78%
11 PM
22°
71%
12 AM
22°
68%
1 AM
23°
68%
2 AM
22°
61%
3 AM
22°
61%
4 AM
22°
44%
5 AM
21°
44%
6 AM
21°
57%
7 AM
21°
61%
8 AM
22°
73%
9 AM
23°
73%
10 AM
24°
73%
11 AM
25°
78%
12 PM
26°
78%
1 PM
28°
79%
2 PM
29°
86%
3 PM
28°
83%
4 PM
28°
77%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 21°
Rain, 85% chance.
Sat
31° 21°
Rain, 78% chance.
Sun
32° 22°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
32° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 21°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 70% chance.
Thu
32° 22°
Rain, 79% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Rain 85% 9 mph ESE 73%
6 PM 26° Rain 90% 8 mph ESE 78%
7 PM 24° Heavy Rain 84% 8 mph E 87%
8 PM 23° Overcast 78% 6 mph ENE 95%
9 PM 23° Overcast 78% 3 mph E 95%
10 PM 22° Overcast 78% 5 mph WSW 95%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 71% 3 mph SE 95%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 68% 3 mph SSE 95%
1 AM 23° Rain 68% 5 mph S 96%
2 AM 22° Rain 61% 3 mph S 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 61% 2 mph ENE 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 44% 3 mph ENE 96%
5 AM 21° Drizzle 44% 4 mph ENE 96%
6 AM 21° Rain 57% 3 mph ENE 95%
7 AM 21° Rain 61% 2 mph E 95%
8 AM 22° Rain 73% 2 mph E 93%
9 AM 23° Rain 73% 2 mph S 89%
10 AM 24° Rain 73% 3 mph S 84%
11 AM 25° Rain 78% 4 mph SSW 80%
12 PM 26° Rain 78% 4 mph S 77%
1 PM 28° Rain 79% 4 mph S 74%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 86% 4 mph SSW 72%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 83% 4 mph SSW 72%
4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 77% 5 mph SSW 73%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
85%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Rain
78%
21°
31°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
15%
22°
32°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
51%
21°
30°
Wed
8/26
Rain
70%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
79%
22°
32°
Fri
8/28
Rain
72%
21°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
68%
22°
30°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
21°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
40
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
40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 40 Good 40 40
Sun 34 Good 34 33
Mon 41 Good 38 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
SBCAPE1018 J/kg
MLCAPE864 J/kg
MUCAPE1854 J/kg
SBCIN-77 J/kg
MLCIN-94 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear28 kt
0–1 km SRH-15
0–3 km SRH55
Eff. SRH55
Storm Motion315° @ 10 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell1.4
K-Index43.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.52 in
0–3 km LR5.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals52.1
LCL956 hPa
LFC751 hPa
EL214 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,816 ft