Storm Station
Gaston, North Carolina
62°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
65%Humidity
46%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Gaston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Roanoke RapidsIXA

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/144 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank31of 915

Fire RAWS 6FWRN7

A remote fire weather station/17.5 mi away/115 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank306of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Roanoke Rapids 1.2 NWNC-HL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/182 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Roanoke Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Gaston. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:35 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 Roanoke Rapids, 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 IXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROANOKE RAPIDSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERoanoke Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Roanoke Rapids: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ROANOKE RAPIDSTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 55.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLERoanoke Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXA-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. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Roanoke Rapids, 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 IXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ROANOKE RAPIDSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERoanoke Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at LOWER ROANOKE RIVER 1 NNW Roanoke Rapids Dam (RAPN7), 2.2 miles from here, read 27 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near Gaston

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