Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD 6:15 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Last updated: 6:14 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
31°C
Feels like 38°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 37°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph SW
Humidity
70%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.46 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.3
Cloud Cover
48%
Sunrise
5:47 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Frederick County is currently partly cloudy at 31°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 82% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1643 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:47AM · Sunset: 8:40PM.

61 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
43%
8 PM
29°
58%
9 PM
28°
54%
10 PM
26°
69%
11 PM
26°
44%
12 AM
25°
60%
1 AM
24°
44%
2 AM
24°
26%
3 AM
23°
11%
4 AM
23°
8%
5 AM
21°
9%
6 AM
21°
9%
7 AM
22°
3%
8 AM
23°
22%
9 AM
26°
37%
10 AM
27°
40%
11 AM
28°
44%
12 PM
29°
45%
1 PM
32°
45%
2 PM
34°
46%
3 PM
34°
52%
4 PM
34°
62%
5 PM
33°
72%
6 PM
31°
81%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
37° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 69% chance of rain.
Sun
35° 21°
Heavy Rain, 82% chance.
Mon
29° 20°
Overcast with a 90% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 18°
Rain, 68% chance.
Wed
28° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 19°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Fri
34° 20°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Partly Cloudy 43% 8 mph SW 70%
8 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 58% 7 mph W 78%
9 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SW 79%
10 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 69% 6 mph WSW 82%
11 PM 26° Overcast 44% 4 mph WSW 85%
12 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 60% 4 mph SSW 87%
1 AM 24° Rain 44% 4 mph S 88%
2 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 26% 3 mph S 89%
3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph SW 89%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 8% 3 mph WNW 90%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 9% 4 mph WNW 90%
6 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 9% 2 mph NW 89%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NE 88%
8 AM 23° Drizzle 22% 3 mph E 84%
9 AM 26° Rain 37% 3 mph E 78%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 40% 4 mph ESE 72%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 44% 4 mph ESE 69%
12 PM 29° Mostly Clear 45% 4 mph ESE 64%
1 PM 32° Mostly Clear 45% 4 mph SE 60%
2 PM 34° Mostly Clear 46% 4 mph SE 57%
3 PM 34° Mostly Clear 52% 4 mph ESE 56%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 62% 4 mph ESE 55%
5 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 72% 4 mph ESE 57%
6 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 81% 4 mph E 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/4
Partly Cloudy
69%
21°
37°
Sun
7/5
Heavy Rain
82%
21°
35°
Mon
7/6
Overcast
90%
20°
29°
Tue
7/7
Rain
68%
18°
28°
Wed
7/8
Mostly Cloudy
37%
18°
28°
Thu
7/9
Drizzle
51%
19°
32°
Fri
7/10
Rain
63%
20°
34°
Sat
7/11
Drizzle
53%
18°
31°
Sun
7/12
Rain
68%
17°
29°
Mon
7/13
Rain
66%
17°
30°
Tue
7/14
Rain
63%
18°
32°
Wed
7/15
Drizzle
60%
17°
32°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
61
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
61 AQI 14.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
49 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 61 Moderate 49 61
Mon 53 Moderate 48 53
Tue 48 Good 44 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 Sat Jul 4, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1698 J/kg
MLCAPE1012 J/kg
MUCAPE1698 J/kg
SBCIN-301 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-9
0–3 km SRH-47
Eff. SRH-38
Storm Motion209° @ 25 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.63 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.4 °C/km
Total Totals52.3
LCL867 hPa
LFC747 hPa
EL165 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,790 ft