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Millstone, Kentucky

Community in Letcher County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Millstone

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 25 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Millstone

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 2 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Millstone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-23 at mile 0.712_23_000.7

Beside a road/5.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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PikevillePBX

At an airfield/29.1 mi away/1,463 ft/95 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank244of 697

measured daily2 instruments

Mayking 1.4 ENEKY-LT-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,290 ft/268 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank83of 697

WhitesburgWHBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,342 ft/216 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pikeville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.1 mi from Millstone, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pikeville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIKEVILLESECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPikeville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.7 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Pikeville: temperature 47.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. B THE AIR AT PIKEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.7 F, 47.3 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 POINTTITLEPikeville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PBX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pikeville, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, 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 PBXFIG. C THE WIND AT PIKEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPikeville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PBX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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