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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

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23°C
Feels like 25°
Rain
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
11 mph S
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.28 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.1
Cloud Cover
94%
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lancaster County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 71% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 963 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:53AM · Sunset: 8:28PM.

74 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
59%
8 PM
25°
71%
9 PM
23°
47%
10 PM
23°
42%
11 PM
23°
45%
12 AM
23°
46%
1 AM
22°
51%
2 AM
22°
44%
3 AM
22°
44%
4 AM
22°
40%
5 AM
21°
27%
6 AM
21°
29%
7 AM
22°
24%
8 AM
23°
19%
9 AM
24°
16%
10 AM
24°
16%
11 AM
25°
13%
12 PM
26°
22%
1 PM
27°
23%
2 PM
28°
26%
3 PM
28°
24%
4 PM
27°
14%
5 PM
27°
11%
6 PM
26°
12%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 21°
Rain, 59% chance.
Wed
28° 16°
Mostly Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 14°
Clear.
Fri
28° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
28° 15°
Partly Cloudy.
Sun
29° 16°
Rain, 71% chance.
Mon
30° 18°
Drizzle, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Rain 59% 11 mph S 92%
8 PM 25° Overcast 71% 8 mph SSW 92%
9 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 47% 6 mph SSW 92%
10 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 42% 6 mph S 92%
11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 45% 7 mph SSW 92%
12 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 46% 8 mph SSW 92%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 51% 8 mph SW 92%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 44% 7 mph SW 92%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 44% 7 mph SW 93%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 40% 7 mph SW 93%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 27% 7 mph SW 93%
6 AM 21° Mostly Clear 29% 6 mph SW 91%
7 AM 22° Mostly Clear 24% 6 mph WSW 89%
8 AM 23° Mostly Clear 19% 8 mph W 85%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 16% 9 mph W 78%
10 AM 24° Mostly Clear 16% 10 mph WNW 73%
11 AM 25° Mostly Clear 13% 11 mph WNW 68%
12 PM 26° Mostly Clear 22% 11 mph WNW 64%
1 PM 27° Mostly Clear 23% 12 mph WNW 60%
2 PM 28° Mostly Clear 26% 12 mph WNW 58%
3 PM 28° Mostly Clear 24% 11 mph WNW 57%
4 PM 27° Mostly Clear 14% 11 mph WNW 57%
5 PM 27° Mostly Clear 11% 10 mph WNW 58%
6 PM 26° Mostly Clear 12% 9 mph WNW 60%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Rain
59%
21°
28°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Clear
51%
16°
28°
Thu
7/23
Clear
3%
14°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Clear
3%
15°
28°
Sat
7/25
Partly Cloudy
16%
15°
28°
Sun
7/26
Rain
71%
16°
29°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
63%
18°
30°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
63%
16°
28°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
68%
16°
27°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
68%
16°
28°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
46%
17°
28°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Tue
8/4
Rain
90%
18°
30°
74
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
74 AQI 21.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 74 Moderate 37 74
Thu 56 Moderate 40 56
Fri 65 Moderate 43 65
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 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE532 J/kg
MLCAPE719 J/kg
MUCAPE1012 J/kg
SBCIN-298 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear38 kt
0–1 km Shear27 kt
Eff. Shear35 kt
0–1 km SRH134
0–3 km SRH182
Eff. SRH126
Storm Motion228° @ 35 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.5
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.3
K-Index31.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.90 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals47.4
LCL958 hPa
LFC696 hPa
EL251 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,589 ft