Storm Station
Barbecue, North Carolina
58°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph N
Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
72%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Barbecue, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Pope_AFBPOB

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/217 ft/100 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank180of 915

Usfs Met STN At Fort BraggFBRN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.9 mi away/404 ft/87 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank141of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Sanford 13.2 SSENC-HR-63

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/310 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cape Fear River 1 N LillingtonLLLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/131 ft/186 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pope_AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Barbecue. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:55 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 Pope_AFB, 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 POBFIG. A THE SKY OVER POPE_AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPope_AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pope_AFB: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POBFIG. B THE AIR AT POPE_AFBTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.8 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEPope_AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pope_AFB, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POBFIG. C THE WIND AT POPE_AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPope_AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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