Russell, Kentucky

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28°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
2 mph WNW
Humidity
67%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.32 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
7.4
Cloud Cover
68%
Sunrise
6:13 AM
Sunset
8:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Russell is currently mostly cloudy at 28°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 53% around 2 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1575 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:13AM · Sunset: 8:57PM.

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52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
37%
3 PM
29°
31%
4 PM
29°
31%
5 PM
29°
17%
6 PM
31°
18%
7 PM
29°
19%
8 PM
28°
16%
9 PM
27°
16%
10 PM
25°
17%
11 PM
24°
17%
12 AM
23°
24%
1 AM
23°
34%
2 AM
22°
20%
3 AM
22°
20%
4 AM
22°
30%
5 AM
21°
21%
6 AM
19°
22%
7 AM
20°
22%
8 AM
20°
22%
9 AM
23°
28%
10 AM
24°
25%
11 AM
26°
39%
12 PM
28°
49%
1 PM
29°
49%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 19°
Mostly Cloudy with a 58% chance of rain.
Thu
31° 21°
Rain, 66% chance.
Fri
30° 21°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Sat
31° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
Sun
29° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
Mon
31° 19°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Mostly Cloudy 37% 2 mph WNW 67%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph NW 64%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 31% 3 mph WNW 64%
5 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 17% 3 mph W 63%
6 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 18% 2 mph NW 66%
7 PM 29° Mostly Clear 19% 2 mph NW 70%
8 PM 28° Mostly Clear 16% 3 mph NW 76%
9 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 16% 3 mph NW 80%
10 PM 25° Overcast 17% 3 mph NNW 84%
11 PM 24° Overcast 17% 3 mph N 85%
12 AM 23° Overcast 24% 2 mph NNW 87%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 34% 3 mph WSW 89%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 20% 2 mph NW 93%
3 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 20% 2 mph NNW 94%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 30% 2 mph WNW 95%
5 AM 21° Fog 21% 2 mph WNW 95%
6 AM 19° Fog 22% 2 mph WNW 94%
7 AM 20° Fog 22% 2 mph NW 93%
8 AM 20° Fog 22% 1 mph NW 92%
9 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 28% 1 mph W 88%
10 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 25% 2 mph W 83%
11 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 39% 2 mph WSW 78%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 49% 2 mph WSW 70%
1 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 49% 3 mph W 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/7
Partly Cloudy
37%
19°
31°
Wed
7/8
Mostly Cloudy
58%
19°
32°
Thu
7/9
Rain
66%
21°
31°
Fri
7/10
Heavy Rain
90%
21°
30°
Sat
7/11
Rain
71%
19°
31°
Sun
7/12
Rain
71%
19°
29°
Mon
7/13
Drizzle
52%
19°
31°
Tue
7/14
Drizzle
42%
17°
27°
Wed
7/15
Rain
68%
17°
30°
Thu
7/16
Rain
68%
18°
28°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Sat
7/18
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Sun
7/19
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Mon
7/20
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
52
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
52 AQI 9.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
32 AQI 36 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 52 Moderate 32 52
Thu 57 Moderate 37 57
Fri 57 Moderate 33 57
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 7, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2094 J/kg
MLCAPE1193 J/kg
MUCAPE2094 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-10
0–3 km SRH-27
Eff. SRH-27
Storm Motion195° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.84 in
0–3 km LR7.5 °C/km
700–500 LR4.3 °C/km
Total Totals45.0
LCL910 hPa
LFC993 hPa
EL170 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,007 ft