Storm Station
Morehead City, North Carolina
61°
Clear· Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
7%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Morehead City, 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

Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS)MRH

At an airfield/4.9 mi away/10 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank118of 915

Croatan RAWSNPTN7

A remote fire weather station/8.2 mi away/30 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank273of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Morehead City 1.0 WNWNC-CR-141

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/14 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Morehead CityMDCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/13 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Morehead City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRHFIG. A THE SKY OVER SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(ASOS)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MRH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS): temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRHFIG. B THE AIR AT SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MRH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRHFIG. C THE WIND AT SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MRH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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