Storm Station
Cullowhee, North Carolina
51°
Mostly clear· Feels like 51°·Light air 2 mph WNW
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. East wind around 1 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
47%Humidity
15%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cullowhee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ncfs Met Site Nr CullowheeCUWN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.1 mi away/2,598 ft/486 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank250of 914

Sylva24A

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/2,794 ft/682 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank30of 914

Asheville 8 SSW53877

At a climate reference station/34.7 mi away/2,151 ft/39 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cullowhee 0.6 SWNC-JC-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,101 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CullowheeCULN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/2,234 ft/122 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sylva, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Cullowhee. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sylva, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. A THE SKY OVER SYLVASECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESylva, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-24A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.5 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Sylva: temperature 43.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 97 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. B THE AIR AT SYLVATHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.5 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESylva, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-24A-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 Sylva, 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 24AFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLVAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESylva, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-24A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sylva, 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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Near Cullowhee

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