Lexington, Kentucky

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27°C
Feels like 27°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 16°
Wind
10 mph WNW
Humidity
69%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.89 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.7
Cloud Cover
34%
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lexington is currently partly cloudy at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1715 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:59AM · Sunset: 8:21PM.

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46 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
25%
8 PM
26°
3%
9 PM
24°
3%
10 PM
22°
3%
11 PM
21°
3%
12 AM
20°
3%
1 AM
19°
3%
2 AM
19°
3%
3 AM
18°
3%
4 AM
18°
3%
5 AM
17°
3%
6 AM
16°
3%
7 AM
16°
3%
8 AM
16°
3%
9 AM
18°
3%
10 AM
21°
3%
11 AM
22°
3%
12 PM
23°
3%
1 PM
23°
3%
2 PM
26°
3%
3 PM
26°
3%
4 PM
27°
3%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
26°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Sun
28° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
28° 16°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
28° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
31° 17°
Clear.
Thu
32° 18°
Clear.
Fri
31° 18°
Clear with a 25% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 25% 10 mph WNW 69%
8 PM 26° Clear 3% 8 mph NW 66%
9 PM 24° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 71%
10 PM 22° Clear 3% 6 mph NW 75%
11 PM 21° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 78%
12 AM 20° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 80%
1 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 81%
2 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph W 82%
3 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph W 84%
4 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph W 87%
5 AM 17° Clear 3% 5 mph W 90%
6 AM 16° Clear 3% 5 mph WNW 91%
7 AM 16° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph WNW 92%
8 AM 16° Fog 3% 4 mph WNW 94%
9 AM 18° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NW 86%
10 AM 21° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 78%
11 AM 22° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 70%
12 PM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 61%
1 PM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 54%
2 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 49%
3 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NW 48%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NW 47%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 46%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 51%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/22
Partly Cloudy
25%
16°
28°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
3%
16°
28°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
3%
16°
28°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
3%
17°
28°
Wed
8/26
Clear
19%
17°
31°
Thu
8/27
Clear
19%
18°
32°
Fri
8/28
Clear
25%
18°
31°
Sat
8/29
Clear
19%
18°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
15°
32°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
Sat
9/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
46
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
46 AQI 8.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
44 AQI 48 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 46 Good 44 46
Mon 42 Good 42 24
Tue 39 Good 39 14
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 Aug 22, 21:00'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
SBCAPE1913 J/kg
MLCAPE1848 J/kg
MUCAPE2294 J/kg
SBCIN-49 J/kg
MLCIN-17 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear25 kt
0–1 km SRH55
0–3 km SRH76
Eff. SRH76
Storm Motion320° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI0.7
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.3
STP (eff)0.3
Supercell2.2
K-Index33.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.39 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals50.1
LCL876 hPa
LFC841 hPa
EL230 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,562 ft