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Blackey, Kentucky

Community in Letcher County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Blackey

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 16 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone1Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blackey

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blackey, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Blackey, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blackey, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

KY-15 at mile 13.310_15_013.3

Beside a road/15.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

SkylineSKLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/1,273 ft/124 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 692

Whitesburg 4.0 NKY-LT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/1,538 ft/389 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wendell H Ford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.3 mi from Blackey, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wendell H Ford, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER WENDELL H FORDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWendell H Ford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wendell H Ford: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPFFIG. B THE AIR AT WENDELL H FORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEWendell H Ford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wendell H Ford, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, 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 CPFFIG. C THE WIND AT WENDELL H FORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWendell H Ford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Skyline (SKLK2), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Blackey

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