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Cave City, Kentucky

City in Barren County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Cave City

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bowling Green (KY), 31 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cave City

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cave City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Cave City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/5.8 mi away/800 ft/163 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank492of 692

KY-90 at mile 1103_90_0011

Beside a road/11.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Mammoth CaveMAMK2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/789 ft/152 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank573of 692

Glasgow 4.5 NNEKY-BR-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/774 ft/137 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Glasgow Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Cave City, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glasgow Muni, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLASGOW MUNISECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlasgow Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.4 F with a dew point of 60.0 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 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Glasgow Muni: temperature 69.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 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 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLWFIG. B THE AIR AT GLASGOW MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 69.4 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 9.4 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 POINTTITLEGlasgow Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Glasgow Muni, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 5 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 GLWFIG. C THE WIND AT GLASGOW MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlasgow Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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