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Grayson, Kentucky

City in Carter County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Grayson

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 19 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate6.9 mi
  • Ozone28Good13 ppb6.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grayson

None in the last 24 hours; 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grayson, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Grayson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AshlandDWU

At an airfield/18.9 mi away/542 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank667of 692

US-23 at mile 16.509_23_016.5

Beside a road/21.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Grayson 0.3 NNWKY-CT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/588 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Warnock2WRNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/850 ft/243 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ashland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.9 mi from Grayson, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:06 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ashland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DWUFIG. A THE SKY OVER ASHLANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAshland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Ashland: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DWUFIG. B THE AIR AT ASHLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEAshland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-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 Ashland, 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 DWUFIG. C THE WIND AT ASHLANDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAshland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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