Kinston, North Carolina

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21°C

Feels like 22°

Mostly Clear

▲ 36° / ▼ 22°

Wind

6 mph SW

Humidity

78%

Dew Point

17°

Pressure

30.05 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

25%

Sunrise

6:55 AM

Sunset

7:12 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Kinston is currently mostly clear at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 75% around 11 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 896 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:55AM · Sunset: 7:12PM.

39 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

21°

7 AM

21°

21%

8 AM

22°

21%

9 AM

26°

23%

10 AM

28°

26%

11 AM

31°

35%

12 PM

32°

31%

1 PM

35°

29%

2 PM

34°

42%

3 PM

34°

42%

4 PM

34°

41%

5 PM

33°

51%

6 PM

32°

57%

7 PM

30°

58%

8 PM

29°

63%

9 PM

26°

69%

10 PM

25°

74%

11 PM

25°

74%

12 AM

25°

53%

1 AM

24°

48%

2 AM

23°

36%

3 AM

23°

39%

4 AM

23°

40%

5 AM

22°

30%

7-Day Forecast

Today

36° 22°

Mostly Clear with a 69% chance of rain.

Sat

33° 21°

Partly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.

Sun

35° 20°

Partly Cloudy with a 47% chance of rain.

Mon

35° 21°

Rain, 82% chance.

Tue

34° 21°

Rain, 83% chance.

Wed

31° 19°

Rain, 83% chance.

Thu

31° 19°

Overcast with a 27% chance of rain.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 21° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph SW 78%

7 AM 21° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph SW 74%

8 AM 22° Mostly Clear 21% 7 mph SW 68%

9 AM 26° Mostly Clear 23% 8 mph WSW 58%

10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 26% 8 mph WSW 51%

11 AM 31° Clear 35% 7 mph W 45%

12 PM 32° Mostly Clear 31% 6 mph W 43%

1 PM 35° Mostly Clear 29% 6 mph NW 42%

2 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 42% 6 mph NW 45%

3 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 42% 5 mph NW 48%

4 PM 34° Mostly Clear 41% 5 mph NNW 51%

5 PM 33° Mostly Clear 51% 5 mph NNW 55%

6 PM 32° Mostly Clear 57% 5 mph NW 61%

7 PM 30° Rain 58% 6 mph NW 68%

8 PM 29° Rain 63% 6 mph NW 74%

9 PM 26° Rain 69% 5 mph NNW 80%

10 PM 25° Rain 74% 5 mph N 86%

11 PM 25° Rain 74% 4 mph N 87%

12 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 53% 4 mph N 91%

1 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 48% 4 mph N 94%

2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 36% 5 mph N 95%

3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 39% 5 mph NNE 95%

4 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 40% 6 mph NNE 95%

5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 30% 6 mph NNE 95%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/18

Mostly Clear

69%

22°

36°

Sat

9/19

Partly Cloudy

66%

21°

33°

Sun

9/20

Partly Cloudy

47%

20°

35°

Mon

9/21

Rain

82%

21°

35°

Tue

9/22

Rain

83%

21°

34°

Wed

9/23

Rain

83%

19°

31°

Thu

9/24

Overcast

27%

19°

31°

Fri

9/25

Rain

66%

17°

29°

Sat

9/26

Clear

35%

14°

26°

Sun

9/27

Drizzle

54%

14°

25°

Mon

9/28

Clear

55%

15°

29°

Tue

9/29

Drizzle

60%

16°

29°

Wed

9/30

Drizzle

60%

17°

29°

Thu

10/1

Drizzle

60%

17°

30°

Fri

10/2

Drizzle

60%

17°

30°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

18 AQI 3.3 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

Dominant

39 AQI 42 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 39 Good 39 18

Sat 71 Moderate 71 38

Sun 42 Good 42 39

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Fri Sep 18, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE0 J/kg

MLCAPE28 J/kg

MUCAPE0 J/kg

SBCIN0 J/kg

MLCIN0 J/kg

Lifted Index5.5

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear19 kt

0–1 km Shear14 kt

Eff. Shear—

0–1 km SRH68

0–3 km SRH107

Eff. SRH—

Storm Motion103° @ 6 kt

0–1 km EHI0.0

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)—

Supercell—

K-Index34.7

Thermo & Levels

PWAT1.65 in

0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km

700–500 LR4.9 °C/km

Total Totals42.5

LCL960 hPa

LFC1018 hPa

EL1018 hPa

Freezing Lvl14,862 ft

Kinston, North Carolina

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