Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Wake County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 7:31 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
23°C
Feels like 26°
Overcast
▲ 26°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
5 mph ENE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.70 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
87%
Sunrise
6:38 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wake County is currently overcast at 23°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 74% around 9 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1131 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:38AM · Sunset: 7:56PM.

Alerts

Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
45 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
23°
64%
9 PM
23°
74%
10 PM
23°
69%
11 PM
22°
61%
12 AM
22°
60%
1 AM
22°
53%
2 AM
22°
52%
3 AM
22°
52%
4 AM
22°
37%
5 AM
20°
44%
6 AM
20°
46%
7 AM
20°
54%
8 AM
21°
44%
9 AM
22°
43%
10 AM
23°
43%
11 AM
24°
43%
12 PM
24°
47%
1 PM
26°
48%
2 PM
26°
53%
3 PM
27°
53%
4 PM
27°
54%
5 PM
27°
54%
6 PM
27°
41%
7 PM
26°
46%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
26° 20°
Overcast with a 64% chance of rain.
Sat
29° 20°
Mostly Cloudy with a 53% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 21°
Clear.
Mon
31° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 60% chance of rain.
Tue
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
32° 19°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
31° 20°
Rain, 79% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 23° Overcast 64% 5 mph ENE 93%
9 PM 23° Rain 74% 4 mph ESE 93%
10 PM 23° Heavy Rain 69% 5 mph SE 94%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 61% 5 mph SE 94%
12 AM 22° Rain 60% 5 mph SSE 94%
1 AM 22° Rain 53% 5 mph S 93%
2 AM 22° Rain 52% 4 mph S 94%
3 AM 22° Overcast 52% 2 mph S 94%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 37% 2 mph SW 94%
5 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 44% 2 mph SSW 93%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 46% 1 mph SSE 92%
7 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 54% 2 mph SE 91%
8 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 44% 2 mph SE 88%
9 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 43% 3 mph SSE 85%
10 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 43% 3 mph S 80%
11 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 43% 4 mph S 77%
12 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 47% 4 mph SSW 73%
1 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 48% 5 mph SSW 69%
2 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SW 67%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SW 67%
4 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 6 mph SW 67%
5 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 5 mph SSW 68%
6 PM 27° Mostly Clear 41% 5 mph SSW 70%
7 PM 26° Clear 46% 5 mph SSW 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Overcast
64%
20°
26°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
53%
20°
29°
Sun
8/23
Clear
16%
21°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
60%
19°
31°
Tue
8/25
Partly Cloudy
7%
18°
31°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
19°
32°
Thu
8/27
Rain
79%
20°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
80%
22°
32°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
54%
19°
33°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
21°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
21°
36°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
45
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
44 AQI 8.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
45 AQI 49 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 45 Good 45 44
Sun 42 Good 42 34
Mon 37 Good 37 37
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 Fri Aug 21, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE433 J/kg
MLCAPE626 J/kg
MUCAPE1128 J/kg
SBCIN-52 J/kg
MLCIN-25 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear19 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear19 kt
0–1 km SRH48
0–3 km SRH138
Eff. SRH138
Storm Motion294° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index37.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.36 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals47.9
LCL990 hPa
LFC777 hPa
EL301 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,593 ft