Essex, Massachusetts

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
30.00 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
35%
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Essex is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 55% around 4 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1349 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:41AM · Sunset: 7:55PM.

Alerts

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
7%
5 AM
22°
3%
6 AM
23°
6%
7 AM
23°
4%
8 AM
24°
4%
9 AM
27°
9%
10 AM
28°
16%
11 AM
29°
23%
12 PM
30°
32%
1 PM
31°
40%
2 PM
32°
43%
3 PM
31°
44%
4 PM
31°
36%
5 PM
30°
29%
6 PM
29°
29%
7 PM
28°
26%
8 PM
27°
21%
9 PM
25°
35%
10 PM
24°
36%
11 PM
24°
44%
12 AM
23°
50%
1 AM
23°
50%
2 AM
23°
49%
3 AM
22°
55%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 40% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 64% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 23% chance of rain.
Mon
29° 20°
Clear with a 37% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 21°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
Wed
28° 19°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
26° 18°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 7% 5 mph SW 95%
5 AM 22° Clear 3% 5 mph WSW 94%
6 AM 23° Clear 6% 5 mph WSW 93%
7 AM 23° Mostly Clear 4% 5 mph W 91%
8 AM 24° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph W 88%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 9% 6 mph W 82%
10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 16% 5 mph W 75%
11 AM 29° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph W 68%
12 PM 30° Mostly Clear 32% 5 mph W 65%
1 PM 31° Mostly Clear 40% 5 mph WSW 61%
2 PM 32° Clear 43% 6 mph WSW 58%
3 PM 31° Mostly Clear 44% 5 mph SW 61%
4 PM 31° Mostly Clear 36% 5 mph S 64%
5 PM 30° Mostly Clear 29% 5 mph SSE 68%
6 PM 29° Mostly Clear 29% 6 mph SSE 73%
7 PM 28° Mostly Clear 26% 6 mph S 79%
8 PM 27° Mostly Clear 21% 6 mph S 85%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 35% 6 mph S 85%
10 PM 24° Haze 36% 6 mph SSW 84%
11 PM 24° Fog 44% 6 mph SSW 83%
12 AM 23° Fog 50% 6 mph SSW 86%
1 AM 23° Fog 50% 5 mph SW 89%
2 AM 23° Fog 49% 5 mph SW 91%
3 AM 22° Overcast 55% 5 mph WSW 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/7
Mostly Clear
40%
21°
32°
Sat
8/8
Partly Cloudy
64%
21°
30°
Sun
8/9
Mostly Clear
23%
22°
33°
Mon
8/10
Clear
37%
20°
29°
Tue
8/11
Drizzle
52%
21°
31°
Wed
8/12
Rain
69%
19°
28°
Thu
8/13
Rain
63%
18°
26°
Fri
8/14
Rain
71%
18°
26°
Sat
8/15
Drizzle
47%
17°
26°
Sun
8/16
Clear
35%
17°
26°
Mon
8/17
Drizzle
60%
17°
26°
Tue
8/18
Clear
60%
17°
26°
Wed
8/19
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Thu
8/20
Clear
60%
18°
27°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
44
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
24 AQI 4.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 44 24
Sat 64 Moderate 64 39
Sun 54 Moderate 54 48
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 7, 06:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE229 J/kg
MLCAPE736 J/kg
MUCAPE962 J/kg
SBCIN-337 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH-32
0–3 km SRH-51
Eff. SRH-26
Storm Motion210° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.04 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals44.7
LCL995 hPa
LFC563 hPa
EL270 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,027 ft