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Archer Lodge, North Carolina

Town in Johnston County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Archer Lodge

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Johnston County (NC), 12 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate8.6 mi
  • Ozone20Good22 ppb8.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-16.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.6 ppb16.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb16.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Archer Lodge

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Archer Lodge, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Archer Lodge, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Archer Lodge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Clayton 3ECLAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/240 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Smithfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Archer Lodge, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Smithfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JNXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SMITHFIELDSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESmithfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JNX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Smithfield: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JNXFIG. B THE AIR AT SMITHFIELDTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 68.0 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 POINTTITLESmithfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JNX-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 Smithfield, 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 JNXFIG. C THE WIND AT SMITHFIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESmithfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JNX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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