Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Heat Advisory — Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 7:00 PM

Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:14 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 31°
Overcast
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
2.4
Cloud Cover
85%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Brunswick County is currently overcast at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 84% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1919 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:52PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Heat Advisory
Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
52%
7 PM
28°
63%
8 PM
27°
73%
9 PM
26°
83%
10 PM
25°
82%
11 PM
24°
82%
12 AM
24°
81%
1 AM
23°
74%
2 AM
23°
44%
3 AM
23°
53%
4 AM
23°
46%
5 AM
22°
53%
6 AM
23°
62%
7 AM
23°
67%
8 AM
24°
70%
9 AM
26°
75%
10 AM
27°
76%
11 AM
27°
76%
12 PM
27°
80%
1 PM
28°
80%
2 PM
29°
77%
3 PM
29°
81%
4 PM
29°
69%
5 PM
29°
60%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
33° 22°
Overcast with a 83% chance of rain.
Sat
31° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 81% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 63% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 22°
Rain, 73% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 72% chance.
Thu
31° 23°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Overcast 52% 6 mph SW 75%
7 PM 28° Overcast 63% 5 mph NNW 78%
8 PM 27° Overcast 73% 5 mph N 83%
9 PM 26° Overcast 83% 5 mph N 88%
10 PM 25° Overcast 82% 4 mph WNW 91%
11 PM 24° Thunderstorm 82% 5 mph W 94%
12 AM 24° Heavy Rain 81% 4 mph NNE 94%
1 AM 23° Overcast 74% 4 mph E 94%
2 AM 23° Overcast 44% 4 mph ESE 95%
3 AM 23° Overcast 53% 4 mph SE 94%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 46% 3 mph SE 94%
5 AM 22° Overcast 53% 3 mph SE 93%
6 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 62% 3 mph SSE 91%
7 AM 23° Heavy Rain 67% 4 mph S 90%
8 AM 24° Heavy Rain 70% 5 mph S 87%
9 AM 26° Heavy Rain 75% 5 mph SSW 84%
10 AM 27° Heavy Rain 76% 5 mph SSW 81%
11 AM 27° Heavy Rain 76% 5 mph SSW 78%
12 PM 27° Overcast 80% 5 mph SSW 78%
1 PM 28° Overcast 80% 6 mph SSW 77%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 77% 6 mph S 76%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 81% 6 mph S 75%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 69% 6 mph S 73%
5 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 60% 6 mph SSW 73%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
83%
22°
33°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
81%
22°
31°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
63%
23°
33°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
60%
22°
32°
Tue
8/25
Rain
73%
22°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
72%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
23°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
22°
31°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
21°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
23°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
31°
50
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
50 AQI 9.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
43 AQI 46 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 50 Good 43 50
Sun 37 Good 37 29
Mon 38 Good 36 38
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, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1822 J/kg
MLCAPE1735 J/kg
MUCAPE3290 J/kg
SBCIN-46 J/kg
MLCIN-47 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear17 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear13 kt
0–1 km SRH80
0–3 km SRH76
Eff. SRH76
Storm Motion246° @ 23 kt
0–1 km EHI0.9
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.13 in
0–3 km LR6.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals48.0
LCL946 hPa
LFC820 hPa
EL170 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,888 ft