Topsail Beach, North Carolina

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24°C

Feels like 26°

Mostly Cloudy

▲ 26° / ▼ 22°

Wind

10 mph NNE

Humidity

87%

Dew Point

22°

Pressure

30.03 inHg

Visibility

10 mi

UV Index

0.0

Cloud Cover

63%

Sunrise

6:58 AM

Sunset

7:07 PM

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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Topsail Beach is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 62% around 12 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 579 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:58AM · Sunset: 7:07PM.

45 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality

Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours

Now

24°

37%

12 AM

23°

48%

1 AM

23°

42%

2 AM

23°

29%

3 AM

23°

28%

4 AM

22°

28%

5 AM

22°

19%

6 AM

22°

19%

7 AM

22°

33%

8 AM

22°

33%

9 AM

22°

46%

10 AM

24°

33%

11 AM

24°

39%

12 PM

24°

62%

1 PM

25°

50%

2 PM

26°

43%

3 PM

26°

50%

4 PM

26°

50%

5 PM

26°

34%

6 PM

24°

24%

7 PM

24°

24%

8 PM

23°

14%

9 PM

23°

24%

10 PM

21°

27%

7-Day Forecast

Tonight

26° 22°

Mostly Cloudy with a 37% chance of rain.

Wed

26° 21°

Overcast with a 43% chance of rain.

Thu

25° 17°

Overcast with a 53% chance of rain.

Fri

25° 14°

Overcast.

Sat

26° 14°

Clear.

Sun

27° 16°

Clear.

Mon

27° 18°

Clear.

+ Feels like

TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity

Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 37% 10 mph NNE 87%

12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 48% 11 mph NNE 89%

1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 42% 11 mph NNE 90%

2 AM 23° Overcast 29% 11 mph N 92%

3 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 28% 12 mph N 93%

4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 28% 12 mph N 94%

5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 13 mph N 94%

6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 19% 14 mph NNE 92%

7 AM 22° Overcast 33% 14 mph NNE 89%

8 AM 22° Overcast 33% 14 mph NNE 88%

9 AM 22° Overcast 46% 15 mph NNE 85%

10 AM 24° Overcast 33% 15 mph NNE 83%

11 AM 24° Overcast 39% 16 mph NNE 81%

12 PM 24° Overcast 62% 16 mph NNE 80%

1 PM 25° Overcast 50% 16 mph NNE 79%

2 PM 26° Overcast 43% 15 mph NNE 79%

3 PM 26° Overcast 50% 16 mph NNE 80%

4 PM 26° Overcast 50% 16 mph NNE 80%

5 PM 26° Overcast 34% 16 mph NNE 80%

6 PM 24° Overcast 24% 16 mph NNE 81%

7 PM 24° Overcast 24% 16 mph NNE 81%

8 PM 23° Overcast 14% 16 mph NNE 82%

9 PM 23° Overcast 24% 16 mph NNE 82%

10 PM 21° Overcast 27% 16 mph NNE 82%

15-Day Forecast

Today

9/22

Mostly Cloudy

37%

22°

26°

Wed

9/23

Overcast

43%

21°

26°

Thu

9/24

Overcast

53%

17°

25°

Fri

9/25

Overcast

14°

25°

Sat

9/26

Clear

14°

26°

Sun

9/27

Clear

16°

27°

Mon

9/28

Clear

18°

27°

Tue

9/29

Clear

17%

19°

28°

Wed

9/30

Drizzle

69%

20°

29°

Thu

10/1

Drizzle

44%

21°

28°

Fri

10/2

Drizzle

60%

20°

31°

Sat

10/3

Drizzle

60%

19°

29°

Sun

10/4

Drizzle

60%

20°

28°

Mon

10/5

Drizzle

60%

18°

27°

Tue

10/6

Drizzle

60%

17°

26°

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

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

Dominant

45 AQI 8.1 µg/m³

O₃

Ground-level ozone

23 AQI 25 ppb

3-Day Outlook

DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5

Today 45 Good 23 45

Thu 44 Good 25 44

Fri 46 Good 22 46

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. PM_2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O₃) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio

RAP

Valid Wed Sep 23, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)

Hodograph · kt

0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km

Instability

SBCAPE464 J/kg

MLCAPE389 J/kg

MUCAPE1258 J/kg

SBCIN-41 J/kg

MLCIN-14 J/kg

Lifted Index-2.1

Kinematics

0–6 km Shear11 kt

0–1 km Shear11 kt

Eff. Shear13 kt

0–1 km SRH-41

0–3 km SRH-11

Eff. SRH-11

Storm Motion12° @ 23 kt

0–1 km EHI-0.1

Composite Parameters

Sig. Tornado0.0

STP (eff)0.0

Supercell0.0

K-Index32.7

Thermo & Levels

PWAT2.09 in

0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km

700–500 LR5.3 °C/km

Total Totals43.1

LCL986 hPa

LFC902 hPa

EL254 hPa

Freezing Lvl15,105 ft

Topsail Beach, North Carolina

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