Lexington, Kentucky

Last updated: 6:58 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 26°
Mostly Clear
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 16°
Wind
9 mph WNW
Humidity
69%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
28.90 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.3
Cloud Cover
19%
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lexington is currently mostly clear at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1206 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
26°
24%
8 PM
24°
11%
9 PM
22°
11%
10 PM
21°
3%
11 PM
20°
3%
12 AM
19°
3%
1 AM
18°
3%
2 AM
18°
3%
3 AM
17°
3%
4 AM
17°
3%
5 AM
16°
3%
6 AM
16°
3%
7 AM
16°
3%
8 AM
18°
3%
9 AM
21°
3%
10 AM
22°
3%
11 AM
23°
3%
12 PM
24°
3%
1 PM
26°
3%
2 PM
27°
3%
3 PM
27°
3%
4 PM
27°
3%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
25°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 16°
Mostly Clear with a 24% chance of rain.
Sun
28° 16°
Haze.
Mon
28° 14°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
28° 16°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
31° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
32° 18°
Rain, 29% chance.
Fri
31° 18°
Clear with a 22% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 24% 9 mph WNW 69%
8 PM 24° Clear 11% 7 mph NW 72%
9 PM 22° Clear 11% 6 mph NW 76%
10 PM 21° Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 80%
11 PM 20° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 82%
12 AM 19° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 83%
1 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph W 84%
2 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph W 86%
3 AM 17° Clear 3% 5 mph W 88%
4 AM 17° Clear 3% 5 mph W 90%
5 AM 16° Clear 3% 5 mph W 91%
6 AM 16° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph WNW 93%
7 AM 16° Haze 3% 4 mph WNW 94%
8 AM 18° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NW 86%
9 AM 21° Clear 3% 5 mph NW 77%
10 AM 22° Clear 3% 6 mph NW 69%
11 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 61%
12 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 53%
1 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 46%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 45%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 44%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph WNW 43%
5 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WNW 48%
6 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 53%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/22
Mostly Clear
24%
16°
28°
Sun
8/23
Haze
3%
16°
28°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
3%
14°
28°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
3%
16°
28°
Wed
8/26
Mostly Clear
16%
16°
31°
Thu
8/27
Rain
29%
18°
32°
Fri
8/28
Clear
22%
18°
31°
Sat
8/29
Clear
17%
17°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
68%
18°
31°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
44%
19°
32°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
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, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1933 J/kg
MLCAPE95 J/kg
MUCAPE1933 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-2 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear40 kt
0–1 km SRH-2
0–3 km SRH56
Eff. SRH56
Storm Motion324° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.2
K-Index-12.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.75 in
0–3 km LR7.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals42.4
LCL879 hPa
LFC979 hPa
EL222 hPa
Freezing Lvl12,425 ft