Storm Station
Sparta, North Carolina
52°
Clear· Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Clear, with a low around 46. Northwest wind around 12 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sparta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Raven Knob RAWSRAVN7

A remote fire weather station/15.0 mi away/1,385 ft/1,468 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank56of 914

Ashe_County_ArptGEV

At an airfield/17.2 mi away/3,179 ft/326 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank152of 914

measured daily2 instruments

Sparta 0.8 WNC-AG-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/3,004 ft/151 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sparta 3SSWSPRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/3,116 ft/263 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Ashe_County_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Sparta. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ashe_County_Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEVFIG. A THE SKY OVER ASHE_COUNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAshe_County_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GEVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GEV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 43.7 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ashe_County_Arpt: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEVFIG. B THE AIR AT ASHE_COUNTY_ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.5 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 43.7 FSPREAD 5.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEAshe_County_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GEV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ashe_County_Arpt, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEVFIG. C THE WIND AT ASHE_COUNTY_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAshe_County_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GEV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ashe_County_Arpt, 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 Sparta

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