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Payne Gap, Kentucky

Community in Letcher County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Payne Gap

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 24 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate24.2 mi
  • Ozone6Good1 ppb24.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Payne Gap

0.59 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.59in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Payne Gap, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Payne Gap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-23 at mile 0.712_23_000.7

Beside a road/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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PikevillePBX

At an airfield/29.0 mi away/1,463 ft/302 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank246of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Fleming-Neon 0.3 NEKY-LT-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,316 ft/449 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WhitesburgWHBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/1,342 ft/423 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, 29.0 mi from Payne Gap, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pikeville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 9,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPikeville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 72.5 F, 98 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 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Pikeville: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.5, 98 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 9,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.0 F, 72.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pikeville, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPikeville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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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