Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Craven County, North Carolina, United States

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26°C
Feels like 29°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
6 mph NE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.99 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.4
Cloud Cover
82%
Sunrise
6:32 AM
Sunset
7:49 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Craven County is currently mostly cloudy at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1295 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:32AM · Sunset: 7:49PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
80%
7 PM
27°
75%
8 PM
26°
87%
9 PM
24°
85%
10 PM
24°
79%
11 PM
24°
69%
12 AM
24°
68%
1 AM
23°
63%
2 AM
23°
54%
3 AM
23°
38%
4 AM
23°
51%
5 AM
22°
53%
6 AM
22°
54%
7 AM
22°
58%
8 AM
23°
59%
9 AM
24°
59%
10 AM
25°
60%
11 AM
26°
71%
12 PM
26°
71%
1 PM
28°
71%
2 PM
28°
71%
3 PM
28°
72%
4 PM
28°
69%
5 PM
27°
69%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 85% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 22°
Heavy Rain, 71% chance.
Sun
32° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 51% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 72% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 21°
Rain, 60% chance.
Wed
32° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
33° 22°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Cloudy 80% 6 mph NE 88%
7 PM 27° Overcast 75% 7 mph NNE 92%
8 PM 26° Heavy Rain 87% 8 mph NNE 94%
9 PM 24° Heavy Rain 85% 7 mph N 94%
10 PM 24° Heavy Rain 79% 6 mph NNE 95%
11 PM 24° Heavy Rain 69% 6 mph ENE 96%
12 AM 24° Heavy Rain 68% 4 mph SSE 96%
1 AM 23° Rain 63% 5 mph SSW 95%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 54% 5 mph S 96%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 38% 4 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 51% 4 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 53% 4 mph SSE 96%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 54% 3 mph SW 95%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 3 mph NW 95%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 59% 3 mph W 93%
9 AM 24° Overcast 59% 3 mph SW 88%
10 AM 25° Heavy Rain 60% 4 mph SW 83%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 71% 4 mph SSW 79%
12 PM 26° Heavy Rain 71% 4 mph SSW 78%
1 PM 28° Heavy Rain 71% 5 mph S 77%
2 PM 28° Heavy Rain 71% 6 mph S 77%
3 PM 28° Heavy Rain 72% 6 mph S 77%
4 PM 28° Rain 69% 6 mph S 77%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 69% 6 mph S 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Cloudy
85%
22°
29°
Sat
8/22
Heavy Rain
71%
22°
30°
Sun
8/23
Partly Cloudy
51%
22°
32°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
72%
22°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
60%
21°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
80%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
22°
33°
Fri
8/28
Rain
74%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
83%
22°
30°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
22°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
21°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
39
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
39 AQI 7.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 39 Good 38 39
Sun 33 Good 33 26
Mon 37 Good 37 36
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
SBCAPE1294 J/kg
MLCAPE2211 J/kg
MUCAPE2832 J/kg
SBCIN-37 J/kg
MLCIN-8 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear25 kt
0–1 km Shear20 kt
Eff. Shear27 kt
0–1 km SRH105
0–3 km SRH116
Eff. SRH116
Storm Motion254° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.9
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.4
STP (eff)0.8
Supercell4.5
K-Index31.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.32 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals42.6
LCL979 hPa
LFC901 hPa
EL191 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,846 ft