Mount Sterling, Kentucky

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32°C
Feels like 36°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
4 mph WNW
Humidity
54%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
7.4
Cloud Cover
43%
Sunrise
6:25 AM
Sunset
8:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mount Sterling is currently partly cloudy at 32°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 80% around 4 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2723 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:25AM · Sunset: 8:57PM.

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53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
32°
5%
5 PM
33°
10%
6 PM
33°
10%
7 PM
32°
10%
8 PM
30°
10%
9 PM
27°
10%
10 PM
26°
10%
11 PM
26°
10%
12 AM
25°
5%
1 AM
24°
5%
2 AM
24°
14%
3 AM
23°
28%
4 AM
23°
38%
5 AM
22°
39%
6 AM
22°
34%
7 AM
23°
35%
8 AM
24°
39%
9 AM
25°
40%
10 AM
26°
52%
11 AM
28°
51%
12 PM
28°
57%
1 PM
29°
57%
2 PM
29°
61%
3 PM
29°
66%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
31° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 79% chance of rain.
Sat
33° 20°
Mostly Clear with a 84% chance of rain.
Sun
29° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 55% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 18°
Clear.
Tue
31° 20°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Wed
29° 14°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 32° Partly Cloudy 5% 4 mph WNW 54%
5 PM 33° Mostly Clear 10% 4 mph W 56%
6 PM 33° Mostly Clear 10% 4 mph W 61%
7 PM 32° Clear 10% 4 mph WSW 68%
8 PM 30° Clear 10% 5 mph SW 73%
9 PM 27° Mostly Clear 10% 6 mph WSW 79%
10 PM 26° Mostly Clear 10% 7 mph WSW 84%
11 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 10% 6 mph W 86%
12 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 5% 5 mph W 89%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 5% 4 mph W 92%
2 AM 24° Overcast 14% 4 mph W 94%
3 AM 23° Overcast 28% 4 mph WSW 95%
4 AM 23° Haze 38% 4 mph WSW 96%
5 AM 22° Fog 39% 3 mph WSW 96%
6 AM 22° Fog 34% 3 mph SW 96%
7 AM 23° Fog 35% 4 mph WSW 95%
8 AM 24° Haze 39% 4 mph W 92%
9 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 40% 4 mph W 89%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 52% 4 mph WSW 86%
11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 51% 5 mph WSW 82%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 57% 5 mph WSW 78%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 57% 5 mph WSW 73%
2 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 61% 5 mph WSW 72%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 66% 5 mph WSW 70%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/16
Mostly Clear
10%
21°
33°
Fri
7/17
Mostly Cloudy
79%
22°
31°
Sat
7/18
Mostly Clear
84%
20°
33°
Sun
7/19
Partly Cloudy
55%
20°
29°
Mon
7/20
Clear
19%
18°
31°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
20°
31°
Wed
7/22
Clear
35%
14°
29°
Thu
7/23
Clear
25%
13°
28°
Fri
7/24
Drizzle
60%
14°
28°
Sat
7/25
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
60%
19°
29°
Mon
7/27
Rain
90%
19°
30°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
45 AQI 49 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Fri 53 Moderate 45 53
Sat 37 Good 35 37
Sun 49 Good 37 49
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 Thu Jul 16, 19:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2589 J/kg
MLCAPE1162 J/kg
MUCAPE2589 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear1 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear5 kt
0–1 km SRH-7
0–3 km SRH-9
Eff. SRH-9
Storm Motion225° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR7.8 °C/km
700–500 LR4.9 °C/km
Total Totals43.2
LCL841 hPa
LFC982 hPa
EL148 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,316 ft