Storm Station
Buford, South Carolina
53° 80°/52°
Clear· Feels like 53°·Light breeze 4 mph NNW
Clear, with a low around 53. North wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
8052
UV 7
clear day
Mon
Sep 28
8156
UV 6
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
8658
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
8864
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8763
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7868
16%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7360
32%
overcast
53°
80°52°
81°56°
86°58°
88°64°
87°63°
78°68°
73°60°

As of 5:00 AM in Buford, South Carolina.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Buford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LancasterLKR

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/486 ft/183 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 378

Jefferson 7EJEFS1

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/443 ft/226 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank77of 378

I-77 @ SC-34SC017

Beside a road/37.3 mi away/564 ft/105 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Lancaster 6.9 ENESC-LN-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/652 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JeffersonJEFS2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/441 ft/228 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Buford. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 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 Lancaster, 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 LKRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANCASTERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELancaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LKRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LKR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRFIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LKR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRFIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LKR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Jefferson (JEFS2), 15.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Buford

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