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Atkinson, North Carolina

Town in Pender County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Atkinson

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 23 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate22.1 mi
  • Ozone8Good7 ppb22.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good22.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Atkinson

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Atkinson, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Atkinson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WallaceACZ

At an airfield/16.2 mi away/33 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,209of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Watha 9.1 WSWNC-PD-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/49 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Moores Creek Natl BattlefieldMCRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/23 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wallace, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Atkinson, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 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 Wallace, 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 ACZFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALLACESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWallace, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wallace: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 89 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACZFIG. B THE AIR AT WALLACETHE 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 66.2 FTEMPERATURE 70.3 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 3.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEWallace, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wallace, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west 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 ACZFIG. C THE WIND AT WALLACEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWallace, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Atkinson

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