Raleigh, North Carolina

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27°C
Feels like 29°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.56 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
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 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1512 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°
25%
9 PM
26°
36%
10 PM
25°
27%
11 PM
24°
35%
12 AM
24°
36%
1 AM
23°
30%
2 AM
23°
20%
3 AM
23°
20%
4 AM
22°
21%
5 AM
22°
9%
6 AM
20°
10%
7 AM
21°
5%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
25°
3%
11 AM
26°
3%
12 PM
27°
3%
1 PM
28°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
30°
3%
4 PM
30°
5%
5 PM
30°
5%
6 PM
29°
5%
7 PM
28°
5%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 20°
Clear with a 20% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 20°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 20°
Drizzle, 64% chance.
Thu
33° 20°
Rain, 82% chance.
Fri
32° 20°
Drizzle, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 25% 4 mph SSW 75%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 36% 5 mph SSW 79%
10 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 27% 6 mph SSW 82%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 35% 6 mph SW 84%
12 AM 24° Mostly Clear 36% 6 mph SW 85%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 30% 6 mph SW 86%
2 AM 23° Clear 20% 6 mph SW 88%
3 AM 23° Clear 20% 6 mph SW 88%
4 AM 22° Clear 21% 5 mph SW 90%
5 AM 22° Clear 9% 5 mph WSW 90%
6 AM 20° Clear 10% 5 mph WSW 87%
7 AM 21° Mostly Clear 5% 5 mph W 84%
8 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph W 80%
9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WNW 71%
10 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 62%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 53%
12 PM 27° Clear 3% 7 mph NW 48%
1 PM 28° Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 42%
2 PM 29° Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 38%
3 PM 30° Clear 3% 8 mph WNW 36%
4 PM 30° Clear 5% 8 mph WNW 34%
5 PM 30° Clear 5% 8 mph W 34%
6 PM 29° Clear 5% 7 mph WNW 36%
7 PM 28° Clear 5% 6 mph W 38%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/22
Partly Cloudy
35%
20°
28°
Sun
8/23
Clear
20%
20°
31°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
3%
20°
32°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
52%
18°
31°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
64%
20°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
82%
20°
33°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
71%
20°
32°
Sat
8/29
Rain
82%
21°
32°
Sun
8/30
Rain
90%
20°
32°
Mon
8/31
Rain
68%
19°
29°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
18°
33°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
21°
32°
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
Today 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, 22:00'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
SBCAPE2722 J/kg
MLCAPE1534 J/kg
MUCAPE2722 J/kg
SBCIN-3 J/kg
MLCIN-23 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear40 kt
0–1 km Shear10 kt
Eff. Shear40 kt
0–1 km SRH-15
0–3 km SRH80
Eff. SRH80
Storm Motion285° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.6
Supercell4.5
K-Index16.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.19 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals47.9
LCL938 hPa
LFC929 hPa
EL208 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,242 ft