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

Johnston County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:23 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Overcast
▲ 27°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
8 mph SSE
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.81 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
1.3
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Johnston County is currently overcast at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 86% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1427 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:37AM · Sunset: 7:55PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
77%
7 PM
24°
86%
8 PM
24°
69%
9 PM
23°
73%
10 PM
22°
62%
11 PM
22°
69%
12 AM
22°
74%
1 AM
22°
77%
2 AM
22°
71%
3 AM
22°
66%
4 AM
21°
54%
5 AM
20°
46%
6 AM
20°
54%
7 AM
21°
54%
8 AM
21°
58%
9 AM
22°
58%
10 AM
22°
54%
11 AM
23°
62%
12 PM
24°
62%
1 PM
27°
66%
2 PM
27°
66%
3 PM
27°
66%
4 PM
27°
62%
5 PM
27°
48%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
27° 20°
Overcast with a 77% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 74% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 49% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
29° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
30° 20°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
31° 21°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Overcast 77% 8 mph SSE 88%
7 PM 24° Overcast 86% 6 mph E 92%
8 PM 24° Heavy Rain 69% 4 mph E 94%
9 PM 23° Overcast 73% 3 mph E 96%
10 PM 22° Overcast 62% 4 mph SE 96%
11 PM 22° Rain 69% 5 mph SE 96%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 74% 4 mph SSE 96%
1 AM 22° Rain 77% 4 mph S 96%
2 AM 22° Rain 71% 3 mph S 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 66% 2 mph SSE 96%
4 AM 21° Overcast 54% 2 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 46% 2 mph E 96%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph ESE 95%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph E 94%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 58% 3 mph ESE 94%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 58% 3 mph SE 92%
10 AM 22° Overcast 54% 3 mph SSE 91%
11 AM 23° Overcast 62% 3 mph S 88%
12 PM 24° Overcast 62% 4 mph S 82%
1 PM 27° Overcast 66% 5 mph SSW 77%
2 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 66% 5 mph SSW 74%
3 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 66% 5 mph SSW 73%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 62% 5 mph SSW 72%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 48% 5 mph SSW 73%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
77%
20°
27°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
74%
20°
29°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
49%
21°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
19°
31°
Tue
8/25
Mostly Cloudy
45%
19°
29°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
20°
30°
Thu
8/27
Rain
83%
21°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
74%
21°
31°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
21°
29°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
54%
20°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
64%
19°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 42 Good 39 42
Sun 36 Good 33 36
Mon 41 Good 33 41
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
SBCAPE716 J/kg
MLCAPE708 J/kg
MUCAPE1089 J/kg
SBCIN-24 J/kg
MLCIN-24 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear19 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH127
0–3 km SRH136
Eff. SRH136
Storm Motion262° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI0.6
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.5
K-Index35.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.29 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.8 °C/km
Total Totals46.7
LCL989 hPa
LFC823 hPa
EL218 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,642 ft