Storm Station
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
54°
Mostly clear· Feels like 54°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West southwest wind around 1 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
69%Humidity
12%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Junaluska, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

IP Station RAWSCBTN7

A remote fire weather station/9.2 mi away/5,156 ft/2,514 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Sylva24A

At an airfield/19.5 mi away/2,794 ft/152 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank30of 914

Asheville 8 SSW53877

At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/2,151 ft/491 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Waynesville 3.5 NNENC-HW-68

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,793 ft/151 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WaynesvilleWYVN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/2,703 ft/61 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sylva, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from Lake Junaluska. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 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 Sylva, 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 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, 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

The air

46.6 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sylva: temperature 46.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; 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 F60 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.6 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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

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

Near Lake Junaluska

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