Parks/North Carolina/Grandfather Mountain State Park

Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina

State Park in Avery County, North Carolina

58° 75°/53°

Mostly clear· Feels like 58°·Calm 1 mph S

Now. Grandfather Mountain State Park is 58° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 45°. Rain is possible Saturday (47%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 25°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

34Air quality

97%Humidity

26%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

58feels58

Today

Oct 15

7553

UV 7

Fri

Oct 16

7152

28%

16mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

4533

47%

16mph

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

5025

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

5427

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

6032

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

6035

UV 7

58°

75°53°

71°52°

45°33°

50°25°

54°27°

60°32°

60°35°

As of 11:00 PM in Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Grandfather Mountain State Park

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Ridges (NC), 1 mile off.

34Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)-18.8 mi
Ozone34Good6 ppb11.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

GoodModerate

42YesterdayOct 14
71TodayOct 15
71FriOct 16
35SatOct 17
37SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grandfather Mountain State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grandfather Mountain State Park, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.4 miles Sat 12 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 4.6 sq mi
Height at its point: 4,869 ft
County: Avery County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 36.1079° N
Longitude: 81.8259° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Grandfather Mountain State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW8439FW8439

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/3,742 ft/1,127 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Watauga River Near Sugar Grove03479000

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/2,608 ft/2,261 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_HelipTNB

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/3,146 ft/1,723 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Grandfather MtnLNNN7