McCreary County, Kentucky, United States

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23°C
Feels like 27°
Overcast
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 16°
Wind
3 mph WSW
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
28.60 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
86%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
8:52 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: McCreary County is currently overcast at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 4 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1152 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 8:52PM.

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39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
66%
2 AM
23°
62%
3 AM
23°
67%
4 AM
23°
75%
5 AM
23°
65%
6 AM
22°
66%
7 AM
22°
67%
8 AM
22°
52%
9 AM
23°
41%
10 AM
23°
42%
11 AM
23°
42%
12 PM
24°
43%
1 PM
26°
45%
2 PM
27°
46%
3 PM
27°
36%
4 PM
27°
39%
5 PM
27°
26%
6 PM
26°
21%
7 PM
26°
15%
8 PM
25°
12%
9 PM
24°
12%
10 PM
23°
11%
11 PM
23°
11%
12 AM
22°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
28° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 75% chance of rain.
Thu
28° 16°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
28° 17°
Mostly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 19°
Thunderstorm, 67% chance.
Sun
31° 21°
Thunderstorm, 74% chance.
Mon
33° 22°
Rain, 78% chance.
Tue
33° 21°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Overcast 66% 3 mph WSW 98%
2 AM 23° Overcast 62% 4 mph W 98%
3 AM 23° Overcast 67% 4 mph WSW 98%
4 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 75% 4 mph WSW 99%
5 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 65% 3 mph WSW 99%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 66% 3 mph W 98%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 67% 3 mph W 98%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 52% 3 mph WNW 96%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph WNW 94%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 42% 3 mph WNW 91%
11 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 42% 4 mph WNW 86%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 43% 4 mph WNW 80%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 45% 5 mph WNW 74%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 46% 6 mph WNW 70%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 36% 6 mph WNW 68%
4 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 39% 6 mph NW 67%
5 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 26% 6 mph NW 68%
6 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 21% 6 mph NW 73%
7 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 15% 6 mph NNW 77%
8 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph NNW 80%
9 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph NNW 79%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 79%
11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph NNW 78%
12 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 11% 6 mph N 78%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
75%
16°
28°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
12%
16°
28°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
61%
17°
28°
Sat
7/25
Thunderstorm
67%
19°
28°
Sun
7/26
Thunderstorm
74%
21°
31°
Mon
7/27
Rain
78%
22°
33°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
53%
21°
33°
Wed
7/29
Rain
68%
18°
32°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
18°
30°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
29°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
39
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 29 39
Thu 31 Good 31 27
Fri 32 Good 32 22
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 Wed Jul 22, 04:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE835 J/kg
MLCAPE696 J/kg
MUCAPE835 J/kg
SBCIN-22 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear38 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear37 kt
0–1 km SRH-55
0–3 km SRH-68
Eff. SRH-68
Storm Motion240° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.83 in
0–3 km LR4.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.0 °C/km
Total Totals43.5
LCL964 hPa
LFC831 hPa
EL191 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,778 ft