Storm Station
High Shoals, North Carolina
57°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Light air 3 mph N
Sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
74%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest High Shoals, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LincolntonIPJ

At an airfield/6.0 mi away/876 ft/111 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank128of 915

Mt Island Lake RAWSMTIN7

A remote fire weather station/11.9 mi away/715 ft/50 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank184of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Lincolnton 2.3 SNC-LN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/917 ft/152 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lincolnton 2 NWLNKN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/778 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lincolnton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from High Shoals. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 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 Lincolnton, 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 IPJFIG. A THE SKY OVER LINCOLNTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELincolnton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.6 F with a dew point of 49.3 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lincolnton: temperature 60.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.3, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPJFIG. B THE AIR AT LINCOLNTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.7 FTEMPERATURE 60.6 FDEW POINT 49.3 FSPREAD 11.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLELincolnton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Lincolnton, 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 IPJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINCOLNTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELincolnton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lincolnton, 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 High Shoals

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