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Pine Knot, Kentucky

Community in McCreary County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Pine Knot

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 35 miles off.

8Good
  • Ozone8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pine Knot

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pine Knot, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pine Knot, 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

US-27 at mile 4.608_27_0046

Beside a road/0.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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WilliamsburgBYL

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/1,161 ft/230 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank489of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Stearns 1.5 SKY-MY-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,238 ft/153 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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StearnsSTRK2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/1,266 ft/125 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Williamsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Pine Knot, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Williamsburg, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILLIAMSBURGSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWilliamsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 63.5 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Williamsburg: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.5, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BYLFIG. B THE AIR AT WILLIAMSBURGTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.9 FTEMPERATURE 70.3 FDEW POINT 63.5 FSPREAD 6.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEWilliamsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Williamsburg, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 BYLFIG. C THE WIND AT WILLIAMSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilliamsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Stearns (STRK2), 2.4 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Pine Knot

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Pine Knot

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