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Flat Lick, Kentucky

Community in Knox County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Flat Lick

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 27 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.1 mi
  • Ozone17Good11 ppb16.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Flat Lick

0.06 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
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Flat Lick, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Flat Lick, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-25 at mile 1211_25_0012

Beside a road/7.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

WaterplantBBVK2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/981 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank477of 692

Barbourville 0.4 NKY-KX-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/984 ft/89 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Middlesboro-Bell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Flat Lick, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middlesboro-Bell, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A6FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLESBORO-BELLSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.7 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Middlesboro-Bell: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.7, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A6FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLESBORO-BELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Middlesboro-Bell, 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 1A6FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLESBORO-BELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Middlesboro-Bell, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Waterplant (BBVK2), 6.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Flat Lick

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

Near Flat Lick

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