Morehead City, North Carolina

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29°C
Feels like 38°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 28°
Wind
20 mph SSW
Humidity
85%
Dew Point
26°
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
4.8
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
8:17 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Morehead City is currently mostly cloudy at 30°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 52% around 8 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3517 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:09AM · Sunset: 8:17PM.

Alerts

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44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
29°
23%
4 PM
29°
21%
5 PM
30°
3%
6 PM
29°
3%
7 PM
29°
3%
8 PM
29°
5%
9 PM
29°
8%
10 PM
29°
13%
11 PM
29°
13%
12 AM
29°
14%
1 AM
29°
14%
2 AM
29°
24%
3 AM
29°
33%
4 AM
29°
46%
5 AM
28°
46%
6 AM
28°
51%
7 AM
28°
52%
8 AM
28°
52%
9 AM
28°
42%
10 AM
29°
42%
11 AM
29°
43%
12 PM
29°
43%
1 PM
30°
32%
2 PM
30°
24%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 28°
Overcast with a 23% chance of rain.
Wed
31° 28°
Rain, 51% chance.
Thu
30° 25°
Heavy Rain, 83% chance.
Fri
29° 25°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
28° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
31° 23°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
Mon
32° 24°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 29° Mostly Cloudy 23% 20 mph SSW 85%
4 PM 29° Overcast 21% 22 mph SSW 85%
5 PM 30° Overcast 3% 22 mph SSW 85%
6 PM 29° Overcast 3% 22 mph SSW 86%
7 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 22 mph SSW 86%
8 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 5% 22 mph SSW 86%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 8% 22 mph SSW 86%
10 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 13% 22 mph SSW 86%
11 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 13% 23 mph SSW 86%
12 AM 29° Overcast 14% 24 mph SSW 86%
1 AM 29° Overcast 14% 24 mph SSW 85%
2 AM 29° Overcast 24% 24 mph SSW 84%
3 AM 29° Overcast 33% 23 mph SSW 84%
4 AM 29° Drizzle 46% 22 mph SSW 84%
5 AM 28° Drizzle 46% 22 mph SSW 84%
6 AM 28° Rain 51% 22 mph SSW 83%
7 AM 28° Rain 52% 22 mph SW 83%
8 AM 28° Rain 52% 22 mph SW 83%
9 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 42% 21 mph SSW 85%
10 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 42% 21 mph SSW 86%
11 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 43% 21 mph SSW 86%
12 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 43% 22 mph SSW 86%
1 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 32% 22 mph SSW 85%
2 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 24% 22 mph SSW 86%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Overcast
23%
28°
31°
Wed
7/22
Rain
51%
28°
31°
Thu
7/23
Heavy Rain
83%
25°
30°
Fri
7/24
Rain
90%
25°
29°
Sat
7/25
Rain
90%
23°
28°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
81%
23°
31°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
90%
26°
36°
Wed
7/29
Rain
90%
24°
31°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
90%
24°
32°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
75%
24°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
30°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
24°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
25°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
25°
31°
44
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
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
28 AQI 31 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 44 Good 28 44
Thu 42 Good 27 42
Fri 29 Good 27 29
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 21, 18:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE4400 J/kg
MLCAPE3286 J/kg
MUCAPE4400 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-9.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear17 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear18 kt
0–1 km SRH-6
0–3 km SRH9
Eff. SRH9
Storm Motion223° @ 38 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell0.4
K-Index31.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.25 in
0–3 km LR6.4 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals47.6
LCL967 hPa
LFC1015 hPa
EL128 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,436 ft