Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States

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23°C
Feels like 26°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
98%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
28.64 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
36%
Sunrise
6:33 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rockcastle County is currently partly cloudy at 23°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1048 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:33AM · Sunset: 8:54PM.

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39 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
32%
12 AM
23°
20%
1 AM
23°
20%
2 AM
23°
4%
3 AM
23°
10%
4 AM
22°
27%
5 AM
22°
29%
6 AM
21°
20%
7 AM
21°
19%
8 AM
21°
19%
9 AM
22°
19%
10 AM
23°
16%
11 AM
24°
7%
12 PM
24°
15%
1 PM
25°
5%
2 PM
27°
5%
3 PM
27°
5%
4 PM
27°
5%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
26°
3%
7 PM
24°
12%
8 PM
24°
11%
9 PM
23°
11%
10 PM
22°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 17°
Partly Cloudy with a 29% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
26° 16°
Drizzle, 47% chance.
Sat
28° 18°
Overcast with a 36% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 19°
Thunderstorm, 82% chance.
Mon
33° 22°
Thunderstorm, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Partly Cloudy 32% 5 mph SW 98%
12 AM 23° Mostly Clear 20% 6 mph WSW 97%
1 AM 23° Mostly Clear 20% 5 mph WSW 97%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 4% 6 mph WSW 98%
3 AM 23° Mostly Clear 10% 5 mph W 98%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 27% 4 mph W 98%
5 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 29% 3 mph W 98%
6 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 20% 2 mph WNW 98%
7 AM 21° Fog 19% 3 mph NNW 98%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 19% 4 mph NNW 96%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 4 mph NNW 91%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 16% 4 mph NNW 85%
11 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 7% 4 mph NNW 80%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 15% 5 mph NNW 77%
1 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 5% 6 mph NNW 74%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 71%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 70%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph NNW 68%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph NNW 67%
6 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 69%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 8 mph NNW 71%
8 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 11% 8 mph NNW 72%
9 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 8 mph NNW 71%
10 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 11% 8 mph N 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Partly Cloudy
32%
20°
31°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
29%
17°
27°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
3%
15°
27°
Fri
7/24
Drizzle
47%
16°
26°
Sat
7/25
Overcast
36%
18°
28°
Sun
7/26
Thunderstorm
82%
19°
31°
Mon
7/27
Thunderstorm
71%
22°
33°
Tue
7/28
Rain
63%
19°
32°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
44%
16°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
15°
28°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
14°
28°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
17°
29°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
17°
30°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
30°
39
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
39 AQI 7.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
32 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 32 39
Thu 34 Good 34 24
Fri 36 Good 36 16
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 Wed Jul 22, 02:00'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
SBCAPE452 J/kg
MLCAPE41 J/kg
MUCAPE600 J/kg
SBCIN-73 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear45 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH-72
0–3 km SRH-101
Eff. SRH-101
Storm Motion246° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index18.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.26 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals38.6
LCL961 hPa
LFC714 hPa
EL220 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,312 ft