Storm Station
Southern Shores, North Carolina
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West wind 12 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
90%Humidity
90%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Southern Shores, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Kill_Devil_HillsFFA

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/13 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank128of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Southern Shores 0.6 SENC-DR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/20 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ManteoMNTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/16 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kill_Devil_Hills, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Southern Shores. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kill_Devil_Hills, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER KILL_DEVIL_HILLSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.5 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Kill_Devil_Hills: temperature 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. B THE AIR AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 63.5 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 7.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kill_Devil_Hills, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. C THE WIND AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kill_Devil_Hills, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near Southern Shores

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