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Pippa Passes, Kentucky

City in Knott County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Pippa Passes

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 20 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good19.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good23 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pippa Passes

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pippa Passes, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pippa Passes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-23 at mile 0.712_23_000.7

Beside a road/17.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Dema 1.7 SEKY-KT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/765 ft/212 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank506of 692

Carr Fork LakeCFLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,004 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank164of 692

Station report

The weather at Wendell H Ford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Pippa Passes, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wendell H Ford, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER WENDELL H FORDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWendell H Ford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Wendell H Ford: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPFFIG. B THE AIR AT WENDELL H FORDTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEWendell H Ford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wendell H Ford, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 8 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 CPFFIG. C THE WIND AT WENDELL H FORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWendell H Ford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Carr Fork Lake (CFLK2), 11.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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