Storm Station
Highlands, North Carolina
50°
Clear· Feels like 48°·Light breeze 5 mph N
Sunny, with a high near 70. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
65%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Highlands, 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 now2 instruments

Highland Raw SiteHGLN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/4,045 ft/212 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank54of 915

Franklin1A5

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/2,021 ft/1,812 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank159of 915

measured daily2 instruments

HighlandsHLDN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/3,852 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Highlands 1.4 NENC-MC-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/3,771 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Franklin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Highlands. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 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 Franklin, 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 1A5FIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKLINSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEFranklin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1A5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 41.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Franklin: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A5FIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKLINTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.0 F, 41.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEFranklin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1A5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Franklin, 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 1A5FIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKLINPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFranklin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1A5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Highlands

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