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Buies Creek, North Carolina

Community in Harnett County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Buies Creek

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Johnston County (NC), 22 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate20 mi
  • Ozone20Good23 ppb20 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buies Creek

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Buies Creek, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Buies Creek, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Buies Creek 0.4 NENC-HR-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/207 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cape Fear River 1 N LillingtonLLLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/131 ft/57 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.0 mi from Buies Creek, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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: 5 MI0510TITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRJFIG. B THE AIR AT ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 HRJFIG. C THE WIND AT ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Buies Creek

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Buies Creek

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