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Briar Chapel, North Carolina

Community in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Briar Chapel

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 18 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate16.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good26 ppb18.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good18.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Briar Chapel

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Briar Chapel, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Briar Chapel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wtr PltCPLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/463 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank147of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Durham - Duke North Heliport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.9 mi from Briar Chapel, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Durham - Duke North Heliport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Durham - Duke North Heliport: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. B THE AIR AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.2 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 POINTTITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Durham - Duke North Heliport, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 6 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 TQVFIG. C THE WIND AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Durham - Duke North Heliport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wtr Plt (CPLN7), 6.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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