Raleigh, North Carolina

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27°C
Feels like 29°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.56 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.7
Cloud Cover
33%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Raleigh is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1563 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:55PM.

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40 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
37%
8 PM
26°
30%
9 PM
26°
37%
10 PM
24°
45%
11 PM
24°
30%
12 AM
23°
31%
1 AM
23°
24%
2 AM
23°
13%
3 AM
23°
13%
4 AM
23°
14%
5 AM
22°
10%
6 AM
21°
11%
7 AM
21°
5%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
24°
3%
11 AM
26°
3%
12 PM
26°
3%
1 PM
27°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
29°
3%
4 PM
29°
5%
5 PM
29°
5%
6 PM
29°
6%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 24% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 20°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
31° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Wed
33° 19°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Thu
31° 20°
Rain, 81% chance.
Fri
33° 20°
Drizzle, 81% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 37% 5 mph SSW 71%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 30% 6 mph S 80%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 37% 5 mph SSW 82%
10 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 45% 6 mph SSW 83%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 30% 6 mph SW 84%
12 AM 23° Mostly Clear 31% 5 mph SSW 85%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 24% 6 mph SSW 86%
2 AM 23° Mostly Clear 13% 6 mph SW 87%
3 AM 23° Clear 13% 6 mph SW 88%
4 AM 23° Clear 14% 5 mph SW 89%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 10% 5 mph WSW 90%
6 AM 21° Mostly Clear 11% 5 mph WSW 87%
7 AM 21° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph WSW 84%
8 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph W 81%
9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 73%
10 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 65%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 56%
12 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 50%
1 PM 27° Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 46%
2 PM 29° Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 42%
3 PM 29° Clear 3% 7 mph WNW 42%
4 PM 29° Clear 5% 7 mph W 41%
5 PM 29° Clear 5% 7 mph W 40%
6 PM 29° Clear 6% 7 mph W 41%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/22
Partly Cloudy
45%
21°
29°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
24%
21°
32°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
3%
20°
32°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
61%
20°
31°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Thu
8/27
Rain
81%
20°
31°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
81%
20°
33°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
81%
21°
33°
Sun
8/30
Rain
90%
21°
34°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
Sat
9/5
Drizzle
60%
21°
30°
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
39 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sun 40 Good 39 40
Mon 37 Good 33 37
Tue 37 Good 37 34
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 Sat Aug 22, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1673 J/kg
MLCAPE1293 J/kg
MUCAPE1673 J/kg
SBCIN-22 J/kg
MLCIN-7 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear33 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear35 kt
0–1 km SRH13
0–3 km SRH25
Eff. SRH25
Storm Motion292° @ 22 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell0.8
K-Index29.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.64 in
0–3 km LR6.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals46.2
LCL926 hPa
LFC903 hPa
EL181 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,180 ft