Storm Station
Oriental, North Carolina
63°
Overcast· Feels like 63°·Light air 4 mph N
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 8 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
59%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Oriental, 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 now2 instruments

Neuse River AT OrientalORLN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/3 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank148of 914

Piney IslandNBT

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/16 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Oriental 0.2 WSWNC-PM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/7 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BayboroBAYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/13 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Neuse River AT Oriental, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.0 mi from Oriental. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:24 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

58.1 F with a dew point of 56.7 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Neuse River AT Oriental: temperature 58.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.7, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORLN7FIG. B THE AIR AT NEUSE RIVER AT ORIENTALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.1 F, 56.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLENeuse River AT Oriental, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ORLN7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ORLN7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (299 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Neuse River AT Oriental, north up: blowing from 299 degrees, the west northwest, at 2 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORLN7FIG. C THE WIND AT NEUSE RIVER AT ORIENTALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 299°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENeuse River AT Oriental, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ORLN7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ORLN7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 58.1 F, 0.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Neuse River AT Oriental stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORLN7FIG. D WHERE NEUSE RIVER AT ORIENTAL 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 ATMOSPHERENEUSE RIVER AT ORIENTAL0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3 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 HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.1 FTITLENeuse River AT Oriental, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ORLN7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ORLN7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Neuse River AT Oriental, in 5 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 Oriental

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