Storm Station
Tar Heel, North Carolina
58°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph NNE
Sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
77%Humidity
0%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Tar Heel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ElizabethtownTURN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/89 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank73of 915

measured daily2 instruments

Tar Heel 3.3 SNC-BD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/130 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Elizabethtown 3 SWELZN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/131 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Tar Heel. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 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 Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, 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 EYFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EYF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EYFFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.0 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EYF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 7 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 EYFFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EYF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, in 6 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 Tar Heel

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