Columbus County, North Carolina, United States

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23°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
1 mph SSE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
30.05 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
63%
Sunrise
6:47 AM
Sunset
7:41 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Columbus County is currently mostly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 58% around 4 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1583 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:47AM · Sunset: 7:41PM.

Alerts

No active alerts for this location.
24 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
20%
1 AM
23°
27%
2 AM
23°
7%
3 AM
23°
10%
4 AM
23°
12%
5 AM
22°
17%
6 AM
22°
19%
7 AM
22°
19%
8 AM
23°
26%
9 AM
26°
35%
10 AM
27°
30%
11 AM
28°
45%
12 PM
29°
38%
1 PM
31°
46%
2 PM
32°
58%
3 PM
32°
51%
4 PM
31°
58%
5 PM
30°
50%
6 PM
29°
50%
7 PM
27°
25%
8 PM
26°
17%
9 PM
26°
17%
10 PM
26°
17%
11 PM
25°
7%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Tue
35° 22°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
35° 23°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
36° 23°
Fog.
Fri
37° 24°
Rain, 68% chance.
Sat
34° 22°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
Sun
31° 20°
Rain, 67% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Mostly Cloudy 20% 1 mph SSE 93%
1 AM 23° Overcast 27% 1 mph NE 92%
2 AM 23° Overcast 7% 2 mph NNE 92%
3 AM 23° Overcast 10% 1 mph NNE 93%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 12% 2 mph N 94%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 17% 3 mph NNW 94%
6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph NNW 93%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 19% 3 mph N 92%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 26% 3 mph N 90%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 35% 3 mph N 85%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 30% 3 mph N 80%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 45% 3 mph N 75%
12 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 38% 3 mph NNE 70%
1 PM 31° Mostly Clear 46% 2 mph NE 65%
2 PM 32° Mostly Clear 58% 2 mph ENE 62%
3 PM 32° Mostly Clear 51% 2 mph ESE 63%
4 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 58% 3 mph SE 64%
5 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 50% 4 mph SE 67%
6 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 50% 4 mph SE 73%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 25% 4 mph SE 79%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 17% 5 mph SE 83%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 17% 4 mph SSE 85%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 17% 4 mph SSE 86%
11 PM 25° Mostly Clear 7% 4 mph SSE 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/31
Partly Cloudy
51%
22°
33°
Tue
9/1
Mostly Clear
18%
22°
35°
Wed
9/2
Mostly Clear
7%
23°
35°
Thu
9/3
Fog
17%
23°
36°
Fri
9/4
Rain
68%
24°
37°
Sat
9/5
Heavy Rain
83%
22°
34°
Sun
9/6
Rain
67%
20°
31°
Mon
9/7
Drizzle
67%
18°
30°
Tue
9/8
Rain
54%
19°
31°
Wed
9/9
Rain
57%
21°
31°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
24
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
19 AQI 3.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
24 AQI 26 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 24 Good 24 19
Tue 24 Good 24 19
Wed 30 Good 30 22
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 Mon Aug 31, 03:00'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
SBCAPE546 J/kg
MLCAPE902 J/kg
MUCAPE1440 J/kg
SBCIN-119 J/kg
MLCIN-50 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear9 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear7 kt
0–1 km SRH4
0–3 km SRH2
Eff. SRH2
Storm Motion89° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index32.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.08 in
0–3 km LR4.4 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals43.3
LCL1006 hPa
LFC719 hPa
EL222 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,354 ft