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Carlisle, Kentucky

City in Nicholas County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Carlisle

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 31 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carlisle

None in the last 24 hours; 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carlisle, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carlisle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mount SterlingIOB

At an airfield/17.9 mi away/1,004 ft/129 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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KY-9000 at mile 1007_9000_010

Beside a road/26.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Carlisle 4.2 NNEKY-NC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/819 ft/56 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station KE4PKT, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.0 mi from Carlisle, Kentucky. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KE4PKT, 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 KE4PKTFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KE4PKTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KE4PKT, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE4PKTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE4PKT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 901 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.96 inHg and the temperature at 55.8 F; it reports 73.0 F, 17.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KE4PKT stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 901 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.96 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KE4PKTFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KE4PKT STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KE4PKT3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT901 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.96 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLECitizen station KE4PKT, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE4PKTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE4PKT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.10 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KE4PKT, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KE4PKTFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KE4PKTELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.10 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KE4PKT, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE4PKTTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE4PKT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KE4PKT, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Carlisle

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Near Carlisle

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