Carter County, Kentucky, United States

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25°C

Feels like 28°

Mostly Cloudy

▲ 32° / ▼ 20°

Wind

7 mph SSW

Humidity

85%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

29.18 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

3.3

Cloud Cover

62%

Sunrise

6:43 AM

Sunset

8:30 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Carter County is currently mostly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2665 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:43AM · Sunset: 8:30PM.

44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

25°

26%

9 AM

26°

46%

10 AM

25°

47%

11 AM

26°

66%

12 PM

27°

72%

1 PM

27°

73%

2 PM

29°

73%

3 PM

29°

70%

4 PM

28°

72%

5 PM

28°

73%

6 PM

29°

77%

7 PM

27°

75%

8 PM

26°

83%

9 PM

25°

87%

10 PM

21°

90%

11 PM

21°

68%

12 AM

21°

68%

1 AM

21°

70%

2 AM

21°

74%

3 AM

21°

85%

4 AM

21°

90%

5 AM

21°

90%

6 AM

21°

84%

7 AM

21°

83%

7-Day Forecast

Today

32° 20°

Heavy Rain, 83% chance.

Wed

33° 20°

Heavy Rain, 74% chance.

Thu

33° 21°

Overcast with a 75% chance of rain.

Fri

33° 19°

Drizzle, 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.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 25° Mostly Cloudy 26% 7 mph SSW 85%

9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 46% 6 mph SW 78%

10 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 47% 6 mph WSW 75%

11 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 66% 7 mph WSW 70%

12 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 72% 7 mph WSW 69%

1 PM 27° Overcast 73% 7 mph W 68%

2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 73% 9 mph WSW 67%

3 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 70% 8 mph SW 67%

4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 72% 9 mph SW 68%

5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 73% 11 mph SSW 73%

6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 77% 8 mph SW 82%

7 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 75% 6 mph WSW 89%

8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 83% 7 mph WNW 95%

9 PM 25° Heavy Rain 87% 5 mph WSW 95%

10 PM 21° Rain 90% 8 mph NNW 95%

11 PM 21° Rain 68% 8 mph S 96%

12 AM 21° Overcast 68% 8 mph S 95%

1 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 70% 7 mph SSW 95%

2 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 74% 7 mph S 96%

3 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 85% 5 mph S 96%

4 AM 21° Overcast 90% 5 mph SE 96%

5 AM 21° Heavy Rain 90% 6 mph NE 96%

6 AM 21° Rain 84% 6 mph W 96%

7 AM 21° Rain 83% 6 mph SW 96%

15-Day Forecast

Today

8/11

Heavy Rain

83%

20°

32°

Wed

8/12

Heavy Rain

74%

20°

33°

Thu

8/13

Overcast

75%

21°

33°

Fri

8/14

Drizzle

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%

19°

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°

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

PM_2.5

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Tue Aug 11, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE1997 J/kg

MLCAPE1647 J/kg

MUCAPE2059 J/kg

SBCIN-205 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index-6.0

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear27 kt

0–1 km Shear23 kt

Eff. Shear28 kt

0–1 km SRH152

0–3 km SRH164

Eff. SRH164

Storm Motion314° @ 26 kt

0–1 km EHI1.9

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado1.0

STP (eff)0.9

Supercell4.9

K-Index30.4

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.60 in

0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km

700–500 LR6.8 °C/km

Total Totals48.6

LCL945 hPa

LFC722 hPa

EL170 hPa

Freezing Lvl13,507 ft

Carter County, Kentucky, United States

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