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Lynch, Kentucky

City in Harlan County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Lynch

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 28 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone1Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Lynch

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lynch, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lynch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-23 at mile 0.712_23_000.7

Beside a road/19.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

SkylineSKLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,273 ft/493 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 692

Holmes Mill 0.8 EKY-HL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/1,961 ft/195 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Harlan Tucker Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.8 mi from Lynch, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Harlan Tucker Memorial, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I35FIG. A THE SKY OVER HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.4 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Harlan Tucker Memorial: temperature 66.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I35FIG. B THE AIR AT HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.4 F, 66.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Harlan Tucker Memorial, 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 I35FIG. C THE WIND AT HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Skyline (SKLK2), 7.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Lynch

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Near Lynch

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