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South Wallins, Kentucky

Community in Harlan County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at South Wallins

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 34 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate22.9 mi
  • Ozone4Good11 ppb22.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 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 South Wallins

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Wallins, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Wallins, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-119 at mile 1711_119_0170

Beside a road/8.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Coldiron 0.1 SKY-HL-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,118 ft/36 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Harlan 1SHEGK2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/1,171 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank514of 692

Station report

The weather at Harlan Tucker Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from South Wallins, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Harlan Tucker Memorial, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 3/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I35FIG. A THE SKY OVER HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3/4 MI0510TITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Harlan Tucker Memorial: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I35FIG. B THE AIR AT HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Harlan Tucker Memorial, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I35FIG. C THE WIND AT HARLAN TUCKER MEMORIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarlan Tucker Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I35TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I35-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Harlan 1S (HEGK2), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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Near South Wallins

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