Storm Station
North Topsail Beach, North Carolina
67°
Mostly clear· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 6 mph NW
Sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
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57%Humidity
21%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest North Topsail Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW NcCLJN7

A remote fire weather station/9.4 mi away/79 ft/78 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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New_River_McasNCA

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/26 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

North Topsail Beach 4.7 ENENC-ON-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/6 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jacksonville E0CJEON7

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/66 ft/65 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.4 mi from North Topsail Beach. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:19 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 51.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLJN7FIG. B THE AIR AT SANDY RUN RAWS/DIXON 2NNW NCTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 52.0 F, 51.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CLJN7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLJN7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, 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 CLJN7FIG. C THE WIND AT SANDY RUN RAWS/DIXON 2NNW NCPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CLJN7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLJN7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 79 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.84 inHg and the temperature at 58.7 F; it reports 52.0 F, 6.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 79 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.84 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLJN7FIG. D WHERE SANDY RUN RAWS/DIXON 2NNW NC STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESANDY RUN RAWS/DIXON 2NNW NC0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT79 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.84 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.0 FTITLESandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CLJN7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLJN7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW Nc, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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