Storm Station
Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina
64°
Mostly clear· Feels like 64°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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73%Humidity
16%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Pine Knoll Shores, 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

Croatan RAWSNPTN7

A remote fire weather station/7.1 mi away/30 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank311of 915

Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS)MRH

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/10 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank140of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Pine Knoll Shores 0.3 NENC-CR-75

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

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Atlantic BeachATBN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below 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, 8.8 mi from Pine Knoll Shores. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 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, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, 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

63.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS): temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 northwest (320 degrees) at 9 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 320 degrees, the northwest, at 9 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 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 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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