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Mortons Gap, Kentucky

City in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Mortons Gap

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 41 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mortons Gap

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mortons Gap, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 12 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mortons Gap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/8.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/440 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 697

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/22.2 mi away/615 ft/175 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank501of 697

measured daily2 instruments

Mortons Gap 0.6 EKY-HP-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/426 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MadisonvilleMADK2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/477 ft/37 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Mortons Gap, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,700 ft, overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadisonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-2I0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 6.0 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 POINTTITLEMadisonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-2I0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadisonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-2I0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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