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Blaine, Kentucky

City in Lawrence County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Blaine

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 33 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good16.5 mi
  • Ozone15Good12 ppb16.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blaine

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blaine, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blaine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-23 at mile 18.412_23_018.4

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Big SandySJS

At an airfield/22.0 mi away/1,194 ft/427 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank544of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Blaine 2.0 ENEKY-LR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/841 ft/74 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Big Sandy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.0 mi from Blaine, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Big Sandy, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG SANDYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBig Sandy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.2 F with a dew point of 63.7 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Sandy: temperature 73.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.7, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG SANDYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.2 FDEW POINT 63.7 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEBig Sandy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Big Sandy, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west 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 SJSFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG SANDYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBig Sandy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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