Storm Station
Catawba, North Carolina
58°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 5 mph NNW
Clear, with a low around 49. West northwest wind around 2 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
72%Humidity
4%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Catawba, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

StatesvilleSVH

At an airfield/8.0 mi away/965 ft/101 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank168of 914

Taylorsville RAWSTAYN7

A remote fire weather station/14.6 mi away/1,181 ft/317 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank143of 914

measured daily2 instruments

Catawba 0.6 SSENC-CT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/932 ft/68 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Oxford Hydro StationOXFN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/840 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Statesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Catawba. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 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 Statesville, 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 SVHFIG. A THE SKY OVER STATESVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEStatesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SVH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Statesville: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVHFIG. B THE AIR AT STATESVILLETHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 49.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEStatesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SVH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Statesville, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVHFIG. C THE WIND AT STATESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStatesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SVH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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