Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Heat Advisory — Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 7:00 PM

Pender County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:17 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Heavy Rain
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
8 mph NNE
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.95 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
1.1
Cloud Cover
100%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Pender County is currently heavy rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 81% around 6 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1602 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 7:51PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Heat Advisory
Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Coastal Horry, SC, Inland Georgetown, SC, Coastal Georgetown, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
51 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
80%
7 PM
26°
72%
8 PM
25°
75%
9 PM
24°
80%
10 PM
24°
77%
11 PM
23°
75%
12 AM
23°
73%
1 AM
23°
69%
2 AM
23°
54%
3 AM
23°
51%
4 AM
23°
51%
5 AM
22°
46%
6 AM
22°
56%
7 AM
22°
63%
8 AM
23°
67%
9 AM
24°
68%
10 AM
25°
68%
11 AM
26°
66%
12 PM
26°
69%
1 PM
28°
70%
2 PM
28°
62%
3 PM
28°
60%
4 PM
28°
51%
5 PM
28°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
32° 22°
Heavy Rain, 80% chance.
Sat
31° 22°
Rain, 73% chance.
Sun
33° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
Wed
32° 21°
Rain, 90% chance.
Thu
32° 22°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Heavy Rain 80% 8 mph NNE 87%
7 PM 26° Rain 72% 6 mph NNE 89%
8 PM 25° Heavy Rain 75% 5 mph NNE 91%
9 PM 24° Heavy Rain 80% 3 mph NE 92%
10 PM 24° Thunderstorm 77% 4 mph ESE 92%
11 PM 23° Thunderstorm 75% 4 mph SW 93%
12 AM 23° Heavy Rain 73% 3 mph SSE 94%
1 AM 23° Overcast 69% 3 mph ESE 95%
2 AM 23° Overcast 54% 3 mph SE 96%
3 AM 23° Overcast 51% 3 mph SE 95%
4 AM 23° Overcast 51% 3 mph SE 95%
5 AM 22° Overcast 46% 3 mph SE 95%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 56% 3 mph SE 94%
7 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 63% 3 mph SE 93%
8 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 67% 3 mph SE 91%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 68% 4 mph SW 88%
10 AM 25° Heavy Rain 68% 5 mph SW 84%
11 AM 26° Heavy Rain 66% 5 mph SW 80%
12 PM 26° Rain 69% 5 mph SSW 77%
1 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 70% 6 mph S 73%
2 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 62% 6 mph S 70%
3 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 60% 6 mph S 70%
4 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 51% 6 mph S 70%
5 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 37% 7 mph S 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Heavy Rain
80%
22°
32°
Sat
8/22
Rain
73%
22°
31°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Cloudy
45%
22°
33°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
53%
21°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
80%
21°
32°
Wed
8/26
Rain
90%
21°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
22°
32°
Fri
8/28
Rain
83%
21°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
30°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
72%
21°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Rain
90%
23°
33°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
51
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
51 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 51 Moderate 36 51
Sun 31 Good 31 27
Mon 39 Good 31 39
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 Fri Aug 21, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1070 J/kg
MLCAPE1281 J/kg
MUCAPE2116 J/kg
SBCIN-96 J/kg
MLCIN-59 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear21 kt
Eff. Shear21 kt
0–1 km SRH121
0–3 km SRH128
Eff. SRH128
Storm Motion249° @ 24 kt
0–1 km EHI0.8
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.0
K-Index35.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.15 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals47.0
LCL995 hPa
LFC792 hPa
EL199 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,967 ft