Storm Station
Carthage, North Carolina
53° 79°/53°
Clear· Feels like 53°·Light air 3 mph WSW
Clear, with a low around 51. Northwest wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:15 AM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7953
UV 6
clear day
Mon
Sep 28
8155
UV 6
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8459
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Wed
Sep 30
8763
UV 6
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8764
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
8968
12%
UV 6
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7358
29%
drizzle light
53°
79°53°
81°55°
84°59°
87°63°
87°64°
89°68°
73°58°

As of 4:15 AM in Carthage, North Carolina.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Carthage, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Southern_Pines_AWOSSOP

At an airfield/7.1 mi away/463 ft/87 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank22of 914

Horseshoe House RAWSHHRN7

A remote fire weather station/9.2 mi away/312 ft/238 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank108of 914

measured daily2 instruments

Water Treatment PltCTGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/538 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Carthage 1.3 NWNC-MR-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/474 ft/76 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Southern_Pines_AWOS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Carthage. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:56 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 Southern_Pines_AWOS, 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 SOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Southern_Pines_AWOS: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SOPFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SOP-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 Southern_Pines_AWOS, 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 SOPFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Carthage

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.