Lexington, Kentucky

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29°C
Feels like 32°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
5 mph NNW
Humidity
69%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.01 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.8
Cloud Cover
80%
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
9:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lexington is currently mostly cloudy at 29°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 81% around 3 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1575 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:22AM · Sunset: 9:03PM.

Alerts

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45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
37%
4 PM
28°
31%
5 PM
29°
27%
6 PM
29°
34%
7 PM
28°
37%
8 PM
28°
7%
9 PM
27°
7%
10 PM
25°
7%
11 PM
24°
8%
12 AM
24°
15%
1 AM
24°
19%
2 AM
23°
19%
3 AM
22°
33%
4 AM
22°
25%
5 AM
22°
35%
6 AM
20°
41%
7 AM
21°
41%
8 AM
21°
50%
9 AM
22°
51%
10 AM
26°
56%
11 AM
26°
64%
12 PM
27°
68%
1 PM
27°
72%
2 PM
28°
80%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 20°
Rain, 80% chance.
Thu
31° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Fri
29° 22°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
31° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
30° 21°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Mon
30° 20°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Mostly Cloudy 37% 5 mph NNW 69%
4 PM 28° Overcast 31% 5 mph N 68%
5 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph N 67%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 34% 6 mph S 70%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 37% 4 mph WNW 73%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 7% 4 mph NW 76%
9 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 7% 3 mph NNW 80%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 7% 4 mph N 83%
11 PM 24° Overcast 8% 4 mph NNW 85%
12 AM 24° Overcast 15% 4 mph N 86%
1 AM 24° Overcast 19% 4 mph NNW 88%
2 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 19% 3 mph W 91%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 33% 3 mph W 92%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 25% 3 mph WSW 94%
5 AM 22° Mostly Clear 35% 3 mph WSW 95%
6 AM 20° Mostly Clear 41% 2 mph WSW 95%
7 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 41% 2 mph SSW 94%
8 AM 21° Haze 50% 2 mph SSE 93%
9 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 51% 2 mph SSW 89%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 56% 2 mph SSW 85%
11 AM 26° Rain 64% 3 mph SW 81%
12 PM 27° Rain 68% 3 mph SW 79%
1 PM 27° Rain 72% 3 mph SW 77%
2 PM 28° Rain 80% 4 mph WSW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/7
Mostly Cloudy
37%
20°
29°
Wed
7/8
Rain
80%
20°
31°
Thu
7/9
Mostly Cloudy
56%
20°
31°
Fri
7/10
Heavy Rain
90%
22°
29°
Sat
7/11
Rain
90%
22°
31°
Sun
7/12
Heavy Rain
90%
21°
30°
Mon
7/13
Clear
17%
20°
30°
Tue
7/14
Clear
42%
19°
28°
Wed
7/15
Rain
68%
19°
29°
Thu
7/16
Drizzle
60%
19°
28°
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, 17:00'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
SBCAPE2214 J/kg
MLCAPE1668 J/kg
MUCAPE2214 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear10 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH-2
0–3 km SRH-28
Eff. SRH-28
Storm Motion135° @ 12 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.05 in
0–3 km LR7.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals45.8
LCL886 hPa
LFC982 hPa
EL172 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,324 ft