Storm Station
Clay City, Kentucky
52°
Clear· Feels like 52°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Patchy fog. Clear. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 45 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
86%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Clay City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Mount SterlingIOB

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/1,004 ft/364 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 288

Pine Ridge 2NW RAWSPGMK2

A remote fire weather station/17.0 mi away/1,296 ft/656 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank91of 288

measured daily2 instruments

Clay City 0.3 NNWKY-PW-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/632 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water Works-Kentucky #4CYCK2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/620 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mount Sterling, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Clay City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Sterling, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOBFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT STERLINGSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Sterling, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IOBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IOB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mount Sterling: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOBFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT STERLINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMount Sterling, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IOBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IOB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mount Sterling, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOBFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT STERLINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Sterling, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IOBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IOB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mount Sterling, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Works-Kentucky #4 (CYCK2), 0.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Clay City

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