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Morehead, Kentucky

City in Rowan County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Morehead

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 47 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Morehead

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Morehead, 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

FlemingSYM

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/1,077 ft/295 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank665of 692

KY-10 at mile 8.109_10_006.8

Beside a road/28.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Morehead 0.6 EKY-RW-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/761 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cave Run LakeCRLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/814 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank453of 692

Station report

The weather at Triangle Mountain, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.7 mi from Morehead, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 65.5 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Triangle Mountain: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.5, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMK2FIG. B THE AIR AT TRIANGLE MOUNTAINTHE 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 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.9 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 65.5 FSPREAD 6.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLETriangle Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP TRMK2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRMK2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (219 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 10 mph.

Plan of the wind at Triangle Mountain, north up: blowing from 219 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMK2FIG. C THE WIND AT TRIANGLE MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 219°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETriangle Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP TRMK2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRMK2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,375 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.46 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F; it reports 72.0 F, 17.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Triangle Mountain stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,375 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.46 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMK2FIG. D WHERE TRIANGLE MOUNTAIN STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERETRIANGLE MOUNTAIN5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,375 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.46 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED72.0 FTITLETriangle Mountain, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP TRMK2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRMK2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Triangle Mountain, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cave Run Lake (CRLK2), 6.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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