Severe Thunderstorm Watch 12:00 AM

Washington, District of Columbia

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22°C
Feels like 24°
Rain
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
8 mph SSW
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.62 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
90%
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Washington is currently rain at 22°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 57% around 12 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1100 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:00AM · Sunset: 8:28PM.

41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
22°
56%
1 AM
23°
54%
2 AM
23°
50%
3 AM
23°
43%
4 AM
23°
23%
5 AM
21°
36%
6 AM
22°
34%
7 AM
23°
34%
8 AM
24°
35%
9 AM
25°
32%
10 AM
26°
31%
11 AM
27°
40%
12 PM
28°
40%
1 PM
29°
30%
2 PM
29°
31%
3 PM
29°
31%
4 PM
29°
32%
5 PM
29°
22%
6 PM
28°
18%
7 PM
27°
18%
8 PM
26°
19%
9 PM
26°
19%
10 PM
26°
19%
11 PM
24°
19%
7-Day Forecast
Today
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
29° 18°
Mostly Cloudy with a 32% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 44% chance of rain.
Sun
32° 19°
Rain, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 21°
Rain, 64% chance.
Tue
35° 21°
Thunderstorm, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 22° Rain 56% 8 mph SSW 92%
1 AM 23° Thunderstorm 54% 8 mph SW 93%
2 AM 23° Overcast 50% 7 mph SSW 94%
3 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 43% 6 mph SSW 94%
4 AM 23° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph SSW 94%
5 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 36% 5 mph SSW 93%
6 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 34% 6 mph SW 92%
7 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 34% 6 mph SW 90%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 35% 6 mph WSW 83%
9 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 32% 7 mph WSW 76%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 31% 8 mph W 68%
11 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 40% 8 mph W 63%
12 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 40% 8 mph W 58%
1 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 30% 9 mph W 53%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 31% 8 mph W 51%
3 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 31% 8 mph WNW 50%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 32% 8 mph WNW 50%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 22% 7 mph WNW 53%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 18% 6 mph NW 56%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 18% 6 mph NW 59%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph NW 59%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 19% 7 mph NNW 59%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 19% 7 mph NNW 59%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 19% 7 mph NNW 58%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/22
Partly Cloudy
56%
19°
31°
Thu
7/23
Mostly Clear
10%
19°
29°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Cloudy
32%
18°
29°
Sat
7/25
Partly Cloudy
44%
19°
28°
Sun
7/26
Rain
70%
19°
32°
Mon
7/27
Rain
64%
21°
34°
Tue
7/28
Thunderstorm
71%
21°
35°
Wed
7/29
Rain
63%
21°
31°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
19°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
51%
18°
31°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
33°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
41
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
23 AQI 4.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 41 23
Thu 39 Good 39 13
Fri 44 Good 44 17
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, 03:00'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
SBCAPE145 J/kg
MLCAPE35 J/kg
MUCAPE145 J/kg
SBCIN-165 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear36 kt
0–1 km Shear28 kt
Eff. Shear35 kt
0–1 km SRH8
0–3 km SRH5
Eff. SRH5
Storm Motion235° @ 34 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index33.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.87 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.4 °C/km
Total Totals43.6
LCL985 hPa
LFC731 hPa
EL388 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,885 ft