Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Areal Flood Advisory — Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Nicholas County, KY 6:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States

Last updated: 5:29 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
10 mph WSW
Humidity
95%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
28.84 inHg
Visibility
1 mi
UV Index
2.5
Cloud Cover
90%
Sunrise
6:29 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Nicholas County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 90% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1417 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:29AM · Sunset: 8:55PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Areal Flood Advisory
Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Nicholas County, KY
Expires 6:30 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 11:00 PM
33 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
90%
7 PM
24°
74%
8 PM
24°
56%
9 PM
23°
62%
10 PM
23°
58%
11 PM
23°
42%
12 AM
23°
29%
1 AM
22°
20%
2 AM
22°
22%
3 AM
22°
10%
4 AM
21°
10%
5 AM
21°
13%
6 AM
19°
11%
7 AM
19°
7%
8 AM
19°
5%
9 AM
19°
5%
10 AM
21°
5%
11 AM
22°
3%
12 PM
22°
3%
1 PM
24°
3%
2 PM
24°
3%
3 PM
24°
3%
4 PM
24°
3%
5 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 19°
Rain, 90% chance.
Wed
28° 16°
Mostly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 14°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
27° 15°
Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 18°
Clear with a 30% chance of rain.
Sun
33° 20°
Thunderstorm, 71% chance.
Mon
32° 20°
Thunderstorm, 79% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Rain 90% 10 mph WSW 95%
7 PM 24° Overcast 74% 12 mph WSW 94%
8 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 56% 11 mph SW 93%
9 PM 23° Rain 62% 10 mph WSW 94%
10 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 58% 8 mph WSW 95%
11 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 42% 7 mph WSW 96%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 29% 6 mph W 96%
1 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 20% 5 mph W 96%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 22% 4 mph WNW 96%
3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 10% 4 mph NW 96%
4 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 10% 4 mph NW 96%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 13% 4 mph NNW 95%
6 AM 19° Fog 11% 6 mph N 93%
7 AM 19° Fog 7% 7 mph N 92%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph N 89%
9 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 5% 8 mph N 85%
10 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 5% 9 mph N 80%
11 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 74%
12 PM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 70%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 66%
2 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 63%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 62%
4 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 62%
5 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 63%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Rain
90%
19°
31°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
29%
16°
28°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
3%
14°
27°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
37%
15°
27°
Sat
7/25
Clear
30%
18°
28°
Sun
7/26
Thunderstorm
71%
20°
33°
Mon
7/27
Thunderstorm
79%
20°
32°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
86%
17°
30°
Wed
7/29
Mostly Clear
43%
16°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
45%
17°
29°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
17°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
33
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
26 AQI 4.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
33 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 33 Good 33 26
Thu 36 Good 36 14
Fri 38 Good 38 9
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, 21:00'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
SBCAPE1029 J/kg
MLCAPE1658 J/kg
MUCAPE1935 J/kg
SBCIN-91 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear46 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear50 kt
0–1 km SRH-39
0–3 km SRH-74
Eff. SRH-74
Storm Motion250° @ 40 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index42.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.19 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals51.5
LCL965 hPa
LFC736 hPa
EL174 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,505 ft