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Cape May County, New Jersey, United States

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26°C
Feels like 28°
Overcast
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
8 mph SSW
Humidity
86%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.73 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.0
Cloud Cover
94%
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cape May County is currently overcast at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 85% around 1 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1778 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:50AM · Sunset: 8:20PM.

55 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
68%
8 PM
26°
82%
9 PM
24°
82%
10 PM
25°
75%
11 PM
25°
75%
12 AM
24°
84%
1 AM
24°
85%
2 AM
23°
78%
3 AM
23°
78%
4 AM
23°
72%
5 AM
22°
66%
6 AM
23°
56%
7 AM
23°
66%
8 AM
24°
54%
9 AM
24°
54%
10 AM
24°
44%
11 AM
25°
47%
12 PM
26°
48%
1 PM
27°
54%
2 PM
28°
48%
3 PM
28°
37%
4 PM
28°
37%
5 PM
29°
37%
6 PM
29°
42%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 22°
Overcast with a 75% chance of rain.
Wed
29° 22°
Rain, 85% chance.
Thu
27° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Fri
26° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
26° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
27° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
Mon
29° 21°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Overcast 68% 8 mph SSW 86%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 82% 8 mph SW 90%
9 PM 24° Thunderstorm 82% 10 mph SW 90%
10 PM 25° Heavy Rain 75% 13 mph SSW 89%
11 PM 25° Overcast 75% 13 mph SSW 89%
12 AM 24° Heavy Rain 84% 14 mph SSW 90%
1 AM 24° Rain 85% 15 mph SSW 90%
2 AM 23° Rain 78% 14 mph SSW 91%
3 AM 23° Rain 78% 13 mph SSW 93%
4 AM 23° Overcast 72% 12 mph SSW 93%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 66% 12 mph SSW 93%
6 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 56% 12 mph SSW 92%
7 AM 23° Rain 66% 13 mph SW 90%
8 AM 24° Rain 54% 13 mph SW 88%
9 AM 24° Rain 54% 13 mph SW 86%
10 AM 24° Rain 44% 12 mph SW 83%
11 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 47% 12 mph WSW 80%
12 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 48% 11 mph WSW 75%
1 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 11 mph WSW 70%
2 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 48% 10 mph WSW 67%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 37% 10 mph WSW 65%
4 PM 28° Mostly Clear 37% 10 mph WSW 64%
5 PM 29° Mostly Clear 37% 10 mph WSW 64%
6 PM 29° Mostly Clear 42% 7 mph WSW 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Overcast
75%
22°
28°
Wed
7/22
Rain
85%
22°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
29%
20°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Clear
19%
18°
26°
Sat
7/25
Mostly Clear
16%
19°
26°
Sun
7/26
Rain
71%
19°
27°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
21°
29°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
63%
21°
28°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
68%
20°
27°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
68%
21°
28°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
46%
22°
27°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
27°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
27°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
27°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
28°
55
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
55 AQI 11.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 55 Moderate 39 55
Thu 46 Good 46 28
Fri 36 Good 36 23
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 Tue Jul 21, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1147 J/kg
MLCAPE1502 J/kg
MUCAPE1656 J/kg
SBCIN-60 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear24 kt
Eff. Shear40 kt
0–1 km SRH-28
0–3 km SRH-40
Eff. SRH-40
Storm Motion217° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index35.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.35 in
0–3 km LR5.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.0 °C/km
Total Totals43.9
LCL972 hPa
LFC837 hPa
EL183 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,882 ft