Ballard County, Kentucky, United States

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27°C
Feels like 31°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
4 mph NNE
Humidity
85%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.42 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
54%
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ballard County is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1253 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:52AM · Sunset: 8:11PM.

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42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
4%
11 PM
26°
16%
12 AM
24°
14%
1 AM
24°
3%
2 AM
23°
3%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
21°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
20°
3%
7 AM
21°
3%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
24°
3%
11 AM
26°
3%
12 PM
27°
3%
1 PM
28°
3%
2 PM
28°
3%
3 PM
28°
3%
4 PM
28°
3%
5 PM
28°
3%
6 PM
28°
3%
7 PM
27°
3%
8 PM
26°
3%
9 PM
23°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
34° 20°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
29° 18°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
27° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
26° 17°
Overcast with a 54% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 19°
Overcast with a 54% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 23°
Clear.
Mon
33° 23°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 4% 4 mph NNE 85%
11 PM 26° Mostly Clear 16% 5 mph N 88%
12 AM 24° Clear 14% 6 mph N 88%
1 AM 24° Clear 3% 6 mph N 89%
2 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph N 89%
3 AM 22° Clear 3% 7 mph N 90%
4 AM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph N 91%
5 AM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph N 91%
6 AM 20° Clear 3% 6 mph N 90%
7 AM 21° Clear 3% 7 mph N 89%
8 AM 22° Clear 3% 8 mph N 84%
9 AM 23° Clear 3% 8 mph N 79%
10 AM 24° Clear 3% 8 mph N 75%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph N 70%
12 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph N 66%
1 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph N 63%
2 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph NNE 62%
3 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph NNE 62%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph NNE 62%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph NNE 65%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 68%
7 PM 27° Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 71%
8 PM 26° Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 73%
9 PM 23° Clear 3% 9 mph NNE 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Partly Cloudy
4%
20°
34°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Clear
3%
18°
29°
Thu
7/23
Partly Cloudy
3%
17°
27°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
54%
17°
26°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
54%
19°
30°
Sun
7/26
Clear
17%
23°
33°
Mon
7/27
Clear
17%
23°
33°
Tue
7/28
Clear
17%
21°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
44%
19°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
16°
29°
Fri
7/31
Clear
60%
17°
28°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
19°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 42 Good 29 42
Thu 28 Good 28 24
Fri 31 Good 31 14
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 Wed Jul 22, 02:00'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
SBCAPE1167 J/kg
MLCAPE119 J/kg
MUCAPE1167 J/kg
SBCIN-118 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear41 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH-92
0–3 km SRH-77
Eff. SRH-77
Storm Motion283° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index5.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.47 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals38.7
LCL958 hPa
LFC850 hPa
EL163 hPa
Freezing Lvl17,812 ft