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Van Lear, Kentucky

Community in Johnson County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Van Lear

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 24 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate24.2 mi
  • Ozone4Good1 ppb24.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Van Lear

0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Van Lear, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Van Lear, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Van Lear, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Big SandySJS

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/1,194 ft/585 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank544of 692

KY-80 at mile 14.412_302_000.1

Beside a road/9.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Van Lear 2.2 SWKY-JH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/616 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Big Sandy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Van Lear, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Big Sandy, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG SANDYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBig Sandy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 70.5 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Sandy: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.5, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG SANDYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.4 F, 70.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEBig Sandy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-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 Big Sandy, 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 SJSFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG SANDYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBig Sandy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Drainage Basin-Big Sandy #1 (PNVK2), 3.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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