Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Durham County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 9:46 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
21°C
Feels like 24°
Rain
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
2 mph NNE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
29.63 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Durham County is currently rain at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 80% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1168 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:57PM.

46 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
79%
11 PM
22°
80%
12 AM
22°
66%
1 AM
22°
56%
2 AM
22°
30%
3 AM
21°
23%
4 AM
21°
34%
5 AM
19°
23%
6 AM
19°
32%
7 AM
19°
35%
8 AM
21°
31%
9 AM
22°
21%
10 AM
23°
32%
11 AM
24°
45%
12 PM
24°
45%
1 PM
26°
45%
2 PM
26°
50%
3 PM
26°
50%
4 PM
27°
49%
5 PM
27°
28%
6 PM
26°
28%
7 PM
26°
21%
8 PM
25°
24%
9 PM
23°
28%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 19°
Rain, 79% chance.
Sat
29° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 20°
Clear.
Mon
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 17°
Clear.
Wed
34° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
31° 19°
Rain, 78% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Rain 79% 2 mph NNE 96%
11 PM 22° Rain 80% 2 mph NNW 97%
12 AM 22° Overcast 66% 2 mph SW 97%
1 AM 22° Overcast 56% 3 mph SSW 97%
2 AM 22° Overcast 30% 2 mph SSW 97%
3 AM 21° Overcast 23% 1 mph SSW 97%
4 AM 21° Overcast 34% 1 mph NW 97%
5 AM 19° Overcast 23% 2 mph ESE 96%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 32% 2 mph E 95%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 35% 2 mph NE 94%
8 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph ENE 88%
9 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 21% 2 mph NNE 81%
10 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 32% 2 mph NW 75%
11 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WNW 72%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WNW 69%
1 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph W 66%
2 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 50% 3 mph WSW 66%
3 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 50% 3 mph SW 66%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 49% 3 mph SSW 65%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 28% 3 mph SSW 66%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 28% 3 mph SSW 69%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph S 72%
8 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 24% 2 mph SSW 76%
9 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 28% 2 mph SW 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
79%
19°
26°
Sat
8/22
Partly Cloudy
56%
19°
29°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
20°
32°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
44%
18°
31°
Tue
8/25
Clear
16%
17°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
19°
34°
Thu
8/27
Rain
78%
19°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
63%
21°
34°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
44%
18°
34°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
68%
19°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
36°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
36°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
46
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
46 AQI 51 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 46 Good 46 39
Sun 40 Good 40 24
Mon 37 Good 37 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 Sat Aug 22, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE53 J/kg
MLCAPE100 J/kg
MUCAPE295 J/kg
SBCIN-143 J/kg
MLCIN-101 J/kg
Lifted Index0.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear17 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH87
0–3 km SRH114
Eff. SRH80
Storm Motion279° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.20 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals45.9
LCL995 hPa
LFC690 hPa
EL526 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,898 ft