Storm Station
Fontana Dam, North Carolina
47°
Clear· Feels like 47°·Light air 2 mph E
Sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
91%Humidity
10%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fontana Dam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Cheoah RAWSCHON7

A remote fire weather station/6.5 mi away/1,985 ft/115 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank116of 915

Andrews-Murphy_AirportRHP

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/1,699 ft/171 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank151of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Robbinsville 3.7 WNC-GH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/2,044 ft/174 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MurphyMURN7

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/1,575 ft/295 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Andrews-Murphy_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Fontana Dam. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Andrews-Murphy_Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.5 F with a dew point of 40.5 F, 96 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 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Andrews-Murphy_Airport: temperature 41.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.5, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. B THE AIR AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTTHE 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 40.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.5 F, 40.5 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 POINTTITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RHP-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 Andrews-Murphy_Airport, 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 RHPFIG. C THE WIND AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Murphy (MURN7), 24.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Fontana Dam

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