Storm Station
Elkhorn City, Kentucky
50°
Clear· Feels like 50°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Areas of fog before 10am. Sunny. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 1 to 9 mph.
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100%Humidity
0%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Elkhorn City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

PikevillePBX

At an airfield/21.5 mi away/1,463 ft/618 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank233of 288

Levisa Fork at Van LearVLRK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/37.0 mi away/781 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank54of 288

measured daily2 instruments

Elkhorn City 2.6 NNWKY-PK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/786 ft/59 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FedscreekFEDK2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,394 ft/549 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pikeville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Elkhorn City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Pikeville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIKEVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEPikeville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 48.6 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Pikeville: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.6, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. B THE AIR AT PIKEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.0 F, 48.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEPikeville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PBX-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 Pikeville, 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 PBXFIG. C THE WIND AT PIKEVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPikeville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PBX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Elkhorn City

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