Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Carter County, Kentucky, United States

Last updated: 6:13 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 28°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
6 mph SSW
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.17 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.7
Cloud Cover
59%
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Carter County is currently partly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2645 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:30PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
19%
8 AM
24°
46%
9 AM
26°
48%
10 AM
26°
49%
11 AM
26°
67%
12 PM
27°
73%
1 PM
27°
73%
2 PM
29°
74%
3 PM
29°
73%
4 PM
28°
73%
5 PM
28°
77%
6 PM
28°
78%
7 PM
27°
76%
8 PM
26°
87%
9 PM
25°
87%
10 PM
21°
90%
11 PM
21°
68%
12 AM
21°
72%
1 AM
21°
74%
2 AM
21°
79%
3 AM
21°
85%
4 AM
21°
90%
5 AM
21°
90%
6 AM
21°
84%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 20°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Wed
33° 20°
Rain, 83% chance.
Thu
33° 21°
Overcast with a 71% chance of rain.
Fri
33° 19°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sat
34° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 21°
Rain, 62% chance.
Mon
33° 18°
Drizzle, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph SSW 87%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph SW 84%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 48% 6 mph SW 78%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 49% 6 mph WSW 74%
11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 67% 7 mph WSW 70%
12 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 7 mph WSW 69%
1 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 73% 8 mph W 69%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 74% 9 mph WSW 67%
3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 8 mph SW 67%
4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 73% 10 mph SW 69%
5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 77% 11 mph SW 74%
6 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 78% 8 mph SW 83%
7 PM 27° Heavy Rain 76% 6 mph WSW 90%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 87% 6 mph WNW 95%
9 PM 25° Heavy Rain 87% 5 mph W 95%
10 PM 21° Rain 90% 8 mph SSW 95%
11 PM 21° Rain 68% 8 mph S 95%
12 AM 21° Overcast 72% 8 mph S 95%
1 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 74% 7 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 79% 6 mph S 96%
3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 85% 5 mph S 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 90% 6 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 21° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NE 96%
6 AM 21° Rain 84% 6 mph W 96%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Heavy Rain
90%
20°
32°
Wed
8/12
Rain
83%
20°
33°
Thu
8/13
Overcast
71%
21°
33°
Fri
8/14
Rain
74%
19°
33°
Sat
8/15
Mostly Cloudy
25%
18°
34°
Sun
8/16
Rain
62%
21°
37°
Mon
8/17
Drizzle
63%
18°
33°
Tue
8/18
Clear
34%
17°
33°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
35%
18°
34°
Thu
8/20
Drizzle
45%
18°
31°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
18°
34°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 35 44
Wed 39 Good 35 39
Thu 34 Good 34 28
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 Aug 11, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1624 J/kg
MLCAPE1635 J/kg
MUCAPE1896 J/kg
SBCIN-246 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear28 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear29 kt
0–1 km SRH167
0–3 km SRH184
Eff. SRH184
Storm Motion311° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI1.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.9
STP (eff)1.0
Supercell5.2
K-Index30.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR6.8 °C/km
Total Totals49.7
LCL948 hPa
LFC715 hPa
EL175 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,606 ft