Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flash Flood Warning — Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC 6:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States

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24°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph ESE
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.86 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.1
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:39 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cumberland County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 82% around 10 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1619 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:39AM · Sunset: 7:56PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Flash Flood Warning
Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC
Expires 6:30 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
74%
7 PM
24°
80%
8 PM
24°
73%
9 PM
23°
72%
10 PM
23°
82%
11 PM
23°
75%
12 AM
22°
74%
1 AM
22°
57%
2 AM
22°
49%
3 AM
22°
36%
4 AM
22°
36%
5 AM
21°
46%
6 AM
21°
50%
7 AM
21°
54%
8 AM
22°
58%
9 AM
23°
47%
10 AM
24°
47%
11 AM
25°
56%
12 PM
26°
57%
1 PM
28°
57%
2 PM
28°
57%
3 PM
28°
58%
4 PM
28°
54%
5 PM
28°
45%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 21°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sat
30° 21°
Rain, 74% chance.
Sun
32° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 20°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 72% chance.
Thu
31° 22°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Rain 74% 8 mph ESE 87%
7 PM 24° Rain 80% 6 mph ESE 91%
8 PM 24° Overcast 73% 5 mph ESE 94%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 72% 5 mph SSE 94%
10 PM 23° Heavy Rain 82% 4 mph SSE 94%
11 PM 23° Heavy Rain 75% 4 mph SSE 94%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 74% 4 mph SSE 95%
1 AM 22° Rain 57% 3 mph SE 96%
2 AM 22° Overcast 49% 3 mph SE 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 36% 2 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 36% 2 mph SSE 96%
5 AM 21° Overcast 46% 2 mph S 96%
6 AM 21° Overcast 50% 2 mph W 95%
7 AM 21° Overcast 54% 2 mph N 94%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 3 mph E 92%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 47% 3 mph E 88%
10 AM 24° Rain 47% 2 mph SE 84%
11 AM 25° Rain 56% 2 mph SSE 79%
12 PM 26° Rain 57% 2 mph SSW 74%
1 PM 28° Rain 57% 3 mph SSW 70%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 57% 4 mph SSW 68%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 58% 4 mph SW 67%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 54% 5 mph SW 66%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 45% 5 mph SW 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
74%
21°
29°
Sat
8/22
Rain
74%
21°
30°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
38%
22°
32°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
53%
21°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
20°
29°
Wed
8/26
Rain
72%
21°
31°
Thu
8/27
Heavy Rain
90%
22°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
21°
31°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
29°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
21°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
20°
32°
Tue
9/1
Rain
90%
23°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
23°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
52
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
52 AQI 9.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
44 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 52 Moderate 44 52
Sun 43 Good 38 43
Mon 51 Moderate 35 51
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
SBCAPE506 J/kg
MLCAPE657 J/kg
MUCAPE1251 J/kg
SBCIN-86 J/kg
MLCIN-68 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear19 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH126
0–3 km SRH143
Eff. SRH143
Storm Motion275° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.0
K-Index37.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.29 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL985 hPa
LFC724 hPa
EL240 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,731 ft