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Wake County, North Carolina, United States

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26°C
Feels like 26°
Drizzle
▲ 28°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
10 mph NNW
Humidity
73%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.61 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
2.6
Cloud Cover
68%
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wake County is currently drizzle at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 67% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 622 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:59AM · Sunset: 8:34PM.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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43 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
48%
8 PM
25°
67%
9 PM
23°
35%
10 PM
22°
23%
11 PM
22°
14%
12 AM
21°
14%
1 AM
19°
15%
2 AM
19°
3%
3 AM
18°
3%
4 AM
18°
3%
5 AM
17°
3%
6 AM
18°
3%
7 AM
18°
3%
8 AM
20°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
25°
3%
11 AM
27°
3%
12 PM
27°
3%
1 PM
28°
3%
2 PM
29°
3%
3 PM
30°
3%
4 PM
30°
3%
5 PM
29°
3%
6 PM
29°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
28° 17°
Drizzle, 48% chance.
Wed
31° 17°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
34° 18°
Mostly Cloudy.
Fri
33° 20°
Rain, 79% chance.
Sat
35° 21°
Rain, 73% chance.
Sun
32° 19°
Rain, 66% chance.
Mon
32° 17°
Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Drizzle 48% 10 mph NNW 73%
8 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 67% 9 mph N 78%
9 PM 23° Rain 35% 6 mph N 78%
10 PM 22° Rain 23% 4 mph N 79%
11 PM 22° Drizzle 14% 4 mph N 80%
12 AM 21° Drizzle 14% 4 mph NNW 80%
1 AM 19° Drizzle 15% 4 mph NNW 82%
2 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 83%
3 AM 18° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 84%
4 AM 18° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 84%
5 AM 17° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 83%
6 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 79%
7 AM 18° Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 74%
8 AM 20° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 66%
9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph N 58%
10 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph N 50%
11 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph N 44%
12 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph N 40%
1 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph NNW 36%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph NNW 34%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 33%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 33%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNE 34%
6 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNE 36%
15-Day Forecast
Today
6/23
Drizzle
48%
17°
28°
Wed
6/24
Mostly Clear
15%
17°
31°
Thu
6/25
Mostly Cloudy
17%
18°
34°
Fri
6/26
Rain
79%
20°
33°
Sat
6/27
Rain
73%
21°
35°
Sun
6/28
Rain
66%
19°
32°
Mon
6/29
Clear
34%
17°
32°
Tue
6/30
Clear
21%
17°
32°
Wed
7/1
Rain
71%
19°
38°
Thu
7/2
Drizzle
54%
21°
33°
Fri
7/3
Drizzle
66%
22°
40°
Sat
7/4
Drizzle
54%
22°
40°
Sun
7/5
Rain
90%
22°
40°
Mon
7/6
Drizzle
90%
21°
40°
Tue
7/7
Drizzle
66%
21°
40°
43
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
33 AQI 6.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
43 AQI 47 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 43 Good 43 33
Thu 51 Moderate 51 41
Fri 64 Moderate 64 52
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 Jun 23, 22:00'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
SBCAPE702 J/kg
MLCAPE654 J/kg
MUCAPE935 J/kg
SBCIN-7 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear33 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear30 kt
0–1 km SRH-97
0–3 km SRH-145
Eff. SRH-145
Storm Motion249° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index29.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.63 in
0–3 km LR6.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals43.2
LCL939 hPa
LFC913 hPa
EL249 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,423 ft