Ocracoke, North Carolina

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28°C
Feels like 35°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 28°
Wind
23 mph SSW
Humidity
88%
Dew Point
26°
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
6.0
Cloud Cover
69%
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ocracoke is currently mostly cloudy at 29°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 52% around 9 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3451 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:04AM · Sunset: 8:15PM.

Alerts

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40 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
14%
5 PM
28°
19%
6 PM
28°
18%
7 PM
28°
18%
8 PM
28°
19%
9 PM
28°
8%
10 PM
28°
8%
11 PM
28°
8%
12 AM
28°
11%
1 AM
28°
11%
2 AM
28°
21%
3 AM
28°
36%
4 AM
28°
36%
5 AM
29°
34%
6 AM
29°
42%
7 AM
29°
51%
8 AM
28°
52%
9 AM
29°
52%
10 AM
29°
41%
11 AM
29°
42%
12 PM
29°
43%
1 PM
29°
32%
2 PM
29°
24%
3 PM
29°
32%
7-Day Forecast
Today
29° 28°
Mostly Cloudy.
Wed
29° 28°
Overcast with a 51% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 26°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
28° 26°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
27° 24°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
27° 25°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
Mon
29° 26°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Mostly Cloudy 14% 23 mph SSW 88%
5 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 19% 25 mph SSW 87%
6 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 18% 26 mph SSW 88%
7 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 18% 26 mph SSW 87%
8 PM 28° Overcast 19% 26 mph SSW 86%
9 PM 28° Overcast 8% 28 mph SSW 86%
10 PM 28° Overcast 8% 28 mph SSW 87%
11 PM 28° Overcast 8% 29 mph SSW 87%
12 AM 28° Overcast 11% 30 mph SSW 86%
1 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 11% 30 mph SSW 86%
2 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 21% 31 mph SSW 86%
3 AM 28° Overcast 36% 30 mph SSW 85%
4 AM 28° Overcast 36% 30 mph SSW 84%
5 AM 29° Overcast 34% 29 mph SSW 84%
6 AM 29° Overcast 42% 29 mph SSW 84%
7 AM 29° Overcast 51% 29 mph SSW 84%
8 AM 28° Overcast 52% 29 mph SSW 85%
9 AM 29° Overcast 52% 29 mph SSW 85%
10 AM 29° Overcast 41% 28 mph SSW 86%
11 AM 29° Overcast 42% 28 mph SSW 86%
12 PM 29° Overcast 43% 27 mph SSW 87%
1 PM 29° Overcast 32% 27 mph SSW 87%
2 PM 29° Overcast 24% 26 mph SSW 87%
3 PM 29° Overcast 32% 26 mph SSW 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
18%
28°
29°
Wed
7/22
Overcast
51%
28°
29°
Thu
7/23
Heavy Rain
90%
26°
29°
Fri
7/24
Rain
90%
26°
28°
Sat
7/25
Rain
90%
24°
27°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
81%
25°
27°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
26°
29°
Tue
7/28
Thunderstorm
90%
27°
30°
Wed
7/29
Rain
90%
26°
28°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
90%
26°
28°
Fri
7/31
Thunderstorm
75%
26°
28°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
26°
28°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
26°
28°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
90%
27°
28°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
27°
28°
40
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
40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 40 Good 29 40
Thu 42 Good 28 42
Fri 29 Good 29 26
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 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3888 J/kg
MLCAPE2970 J/kg
MUCAPE3888 J/kg
SBCIN-11 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-8.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear19 kt
0–1 km Shear15 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH4
0–3 km SRH14
Eff. SRH14
Storm Motion230° @ 39 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.2
Supercell0.6
K-Index33.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.22 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals46.9
LCL981 hPa
LFC941 hPa
EL135 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,561 ft