Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8:00 PM Flood Advisory — Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC 6:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 7:00 AM

Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

Last updated: 5:22 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 26°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph ESE
Humidity
80%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.91 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
1.2
Cloud Cover
98%
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wayne County is currently rain at 24°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 5 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1549 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:36AM · Sunset: 7:53PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 8:00 PM
Flood Advisory
Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC
Expires 6:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 7:00 AM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
80%
7 PM
24°
82%
8 PM
23°
75%
9 PM
23°
74%
10 PM
22°
73%
11 PM
22°
64%
12 AM
22°
60%
1 AM
22°
60%
2 AM
22°
59%
3 AM
22°
59%
4 AM
22°
43%
5 AM
21°
45%
6 AM
21°
57%
7 AM
21°
61%
8 AM
22°
61%
9 AM
23°
61%
10 AM
24°
72%
11 AM
25°
76%
12 PM
26°
76%
1 PM
27°
77%
2 PM
27°
81%
3 PM
27°
81%
4 PM
27°
84%
5 PM
27°
86%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 21°
Rain, 80% chance.
Sat
28° 21°
Mostly Cloudy with a 86% chance of rain.
Sun
31° 22°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Mon
31° 20°
Mostly Clear with a 53% chance of rain.
Tue
28° 20°
Drizzle, 45% chance.
Wed
30° 21°
Rain, 69% chance.
Thu
31° 22°
Rain, 80% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Rain 80% 8 mph ESE 80%
7 PM 24° Rain 82% 7 mph ESE 90%
8 PM 23° Heavy Rain 75% 7 mph ESE 95%
9 PM 23° Heavy Rain 74% 6 mph ESE 96%
10 PM 22° Heavy Rain 73% 4 mph ESE 96%
11 PM 22° Heavy Rain 64% 4 mph SSE 95%
12 AM 22° Heavy Rain 60% 4 mph SSE 95%
1 AM 22° Rain 60% 4 mph SSE 95%
2 AM 22° Overcast 59% 2 mph SE 96%
3 AM 22° Overcast 59% 3 mph SE 96%
4 AM 22° Overcast 43% 3 mph ESE 96%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 45% 4 mph E 96%
6 AM 21° Overcast 57% 3 mph E 95%
7 AM 21° Overcast 61% 3 mph E 95%
8 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 61% 3 mph E 93%
9 AM 23° Overcast 61% 3 mph SE 90%
10 AM 24° Rain 72% 4 mph SSE 88%
11 AM 25° Rain 76% 4 mph SSE 84%
12 PM 26° Rain 76% 5 mph S 81%
1 PM 27° Rain 77% 5 mph S 77%
2 PM 27° Rain 81% 6 mph S 76%
3 PM 27° Rain 81% 6 mph S 75%
4 PM 27° Rain 84% 6 mph SSW 74%
5 PM 27° Rain 86% 6 mph SSW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Rain
80%
21°
30°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Cloudy
86%
21°
28°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
53%
22°
31°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
53%
20°
31°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
45%
20°
28°
Wed
8/26
Rain
69%
21°
30°
Thu
8/27
Rain
80%
22°
31°
Fri
8/28
Rain
74%
21°
31°
Sat
8/29
Rain
73%
22°
29°
Sun
8/30
Rain
72%
21°
31°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
68%
21°
31°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
32°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
31°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
21°
30°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
31°
40
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
40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
40 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Sat 40 Good 40 40
Sun 34 Good 34 33
Mon 41 Good 38 41
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, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE647 J/kg
MLCAPE932 J/kg
MUCAPE1460 J/kg
SBCIN-44 J/kg
MLCIN-23 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear18 kt
Eff. Shear24 kt
0–1 km SRH121
0–3 km SRH153
Eff. SRH153
Storm Motion264° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell2.7
K-Index34.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.28 in
0–3 km LR5.1 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals46.0
LCL985 hPa
LFC795 hPa
EL223 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,790 ft