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Burnside, Kentucky

City in Pulaski County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Burnside

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 55 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-7.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good21 ppb7.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Burnside

0.80 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.80in
Last 3 days
0.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Burnside, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Burnside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KY-90 at mile 12.708_90_0127

Beside a road/16.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Burnside 4.2 SSEKY-PL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/776 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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StearnsSTRK2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.3 mi away/1,266 ft/428 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Somerset(AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Burnside, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Somerset(AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast 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 SMEFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERSET(AWOS)SECTION, 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 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESomerset(AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerset(AWOS): temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMEFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERSET(AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLESomerset(AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Somerset(AWOS), north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMEFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERSET(AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESomerset(AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Somerset(AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Stearns (STRK2), 23.3 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Burnside

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

Near Burnside

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