Storm Station
Whitesburg, Kentucky
53°
Clear· Feels like 53°·Light air 1 mph ENE
Areas of fog before 10am. Sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 0 to 6 mph.
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86%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Whitesburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Wendell H FordCPF

At an airfield/30.3 mi away/1,212 ft/32 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank269of 288

measured daily2 instruments

WhitesburgWHBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,342 ft/162 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Whitesburg 4.0 NKY-LT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,538 ft/358 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wendell H Ford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.3 mi from Whitesburg. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 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 Wendell H Ford, 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 CPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER WENDELL H FORDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWendell H Ford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Wendell H Ford: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPFFIG. B THE AIR AT WENDELL H FORDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEWendell H Ford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CPF-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 Wendell H Ford, 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 CPFFIG. C THE WIND AT WENDELL H FORDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWendell H Ford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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