Lexington, Kentucky

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29°C
Feels like 31°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
4 mph WNW
Humidity
64%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.02 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
8.5
Cloud Cover
54%
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
9:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lexington is currently rain at 29°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 79% around 1 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1559 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:22AM · Sunset: 9:03PM.

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45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
46%
3 PM
29°
62%
4 PM
28°
43%
5 PM
28°
52%
6 PM
30°
51%
7 PM
29°
32%
8 PM
28°
19%
9 PM
27°
20%
10 PM
25°
20%
11 PM
24°
20%
12 AM
24°
21%
1 AM
24°
21%
2 AM
23°
11%
3 AM
22°
33%
4 AM
22°
26%
5 AM
22°
35%
6 AM
21°
41%
7 AM
21°
50%
8 AM
21°
51%
9 AM
23°
51%
10 AM
26°
48%
11 AM
27°
55%
12 PM
28°
74%
1 PM
29°
78%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 21°
Rain, 78% chance.
Thu
31° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Fri
29° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
31° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
30° 21°
Rain, 36% chance.
Mon
30° 20°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Rain 46% 4 mph WNW 64%
3 PM 29° Heavy Rain 62% 4 mph WNW 60%
4 PM 28° Overcast 43% 5 mph WNW 61%
5 PM 28° Overcast 52% 4 mph NW 61%
6 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 51% 3 mph NNW 65%
7 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 32% 4 mph NW 69%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 19% 4 mph NW 73%
9 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 20% 4 mph NNW 78%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 20% 4 mph NNW 82%
11 PM 24° Overcast 20% 4 mph NNW 84%
12 AM 24° Overcast 21% 4 mph NW 85%
1 AM 24° Overcast 21% 4 mph N 86%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 11% 3 mph NW 90%
3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 33% 3 mph W 91%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 26% 3 mph W 92%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 35% 3 mph W 93%
6 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 41% 2 mph W 93%
7 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 50% 2 mph WSW 92%
8 AM 21° Haze 51% 2 mph S 91%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 51% 2 mph SW 87%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 48% 2 mph SW 83%
11 AM 27° Rain 55% 3 mph SW 79%
12 PM 28° Rain 74% 3 mph SW 74%
1 PM 29° Rain 78% 4 mph WSW 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/7
Mostly Cloudy
52%
21°
30°
Wed
7/8
Rain
78%
21°
31°
Thu
7/9
Partly Cloudy
61%
20°
31°
Fri
7/10
Rain
90%
22°
29°
Sat
7/11
Rain
90%
22°
31°
Sun
7/12
Rain
36%
21°
30°
Mon
7/13
Clear
17%
20°
30°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
42%
19°
28°
Wed
7/15
Rain
68%
19°
28°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
27°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
20°
29°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
20°
29°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
45
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
45 AQI 8.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 45 Good 38 45
Thu 47 Good 43 47
Fri 42 Good 39 42
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 Tue Jul 7, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2055 J/kg
MLCAPE1653 J/kg
MUCAPE2196 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear8 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH10
0–3 km SRH-26
Eff. SRH-26
Storm Motion161° @ 12 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.98 in
0–3 km LR7.5 °C/km
700–500 LR4.9 °C/km
Total Totals45.7
LCL885 hPa
LFC983 hPa
EL172 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,852 ft