Heat Advisory — Robeson, NC, Bladen, NC, Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Marlboro, SC, Dillon, SC, Marion, SC, Coastal Horry, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC 6:00 PM

Wilmington, North Carolina

Last updated: 2:22 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
32°C
Feels like 39°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 27°
Wind
16 mph SSW
Humidity
65%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.93 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
7.3
Cloud Cover
63%
Sunrise
6:15 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Wilmington is currently mostly cloudy at 32°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2738 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:15AM · Sunset: 8:21PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Robeson, NC, Bladen, NC, Columbus, NC, Inland Pender, NC, Coastal Pender, NC, Inland New Hanover, NC, Coastal New Hanover, NC, Inland Brunswick, NC, Coastal Brunswick, NC, Marlboro, SC, Dillon, SC, Marion, SC, Coastal Horry, SC, Central Horry, SC, Northern Horry, SC
Expires 6:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
32°
21%
4 PM
33°
19%
5 PM
33°
3%
6 PM
32°
3%
7 PM
31°
3%
8 PM
30°
5%
9 PM
29°
5%
10 PM
28°
8%
11 PM
28°
8%
12 AM
28°
8%
1 AM
28°
13%
2 AM
28°
18%
3 AM
28°
35%
4 AM
28°
40%
5 AM
27°
40%
6 AM
28°
41%
7 AM
28°
37%
8 AM
28°
33%
9 AM
29°
33%
10 AM
31°
26%
11 AM
31°
26%
12 PM
32°
26%
1 PM
32°
12%
2 PM
32°
5%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 27°
Mostly Cloudy with a 21% chance of rain.
Wed
35° 27°
Mostly Cloudy with a 41% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 26°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
32° 26°
Partly Cloudy with a 80% chance of rain.
Sat
30° 23°
Rain, 90% chance.
Sun
34° 23°
Rain, 81% chance.
Mon
36° 24°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 32° Mostly Cloudy 21% 16 mph SSW 65%
4 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 19% 16 mph SSW 66%
5 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 16 mph SSW 67%
6 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 3% 16 mph SSW 71%
7 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 3% 15 mph SSW 75%
8 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 5% 14 mph SSW 78%
9 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 5% 14 mph SSW 79%
10 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 8% 15 mph SSW 80%
11 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 8% 15 mph SSW 80%
12 AM 28° Overcast 8% 15 mph SSW 81%
1 AM 28° Overcast 13% 14 mph SSW 81%
2 AM 28° Overcast 18% 14 mph SSW 81%
3 AM 28° Overcast 35% 13 mph SSW 82%
4 AM 28° Overcast 40% 13 mph SSW 83%
5 AM 27° Overcast 40% 12 mph SSW 83%
6 AM 28° Overcast 41% 12 mph SSW 83%
7 AM 28° Overcast 37% 11 mph SSW 83%
8 AM 28° Overcast 33% 11 mph SSW 81%
9 AM 29° Overcast 33% 12 mph SSW 77%
10 AM 31° Overcast 26% 13 mph SSW 72%
11 AM 31° Mostly Cloudy 26% 13 mph SSW 69%
12 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 26% 13 mph SSW 68%
1 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 12% 13 mph SSW 67%
2 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 5% 13 mph SSW 67%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Cloudy
21%
27°
33°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Cloudy
41%
27°
35°
Thu
7/23
Heavy Rain
90%
26°
33°
Fri
7/24
Partly Cloudy
80%
26°
32°
Sat
7/25
Rain
90%
23°
30°
Sun
7/26
Rain
81%
23°
34°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
24°
36°
Tue
7/28
Thunderstorm
90%
25°
39°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
75%
23°
34°
Fri
7/31
Thunderstorm
60%
24°
33°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
50
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
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
50 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 50 Good 29 50
Thu 46 Good 31 46
Fri 43 Good 29 43
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 Jul 21, 18:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3278 J/kg
MLCAPE2798 J/kg
MUCAPE3292 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear14 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH-6
0–3 km SRH-4
Eff. SRH-4
Storm Motion215° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index31.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.18 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL909 hPa
LFC1013 hPa
EL139 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,597 ft