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Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina

Town in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Cajah's Mountain

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Caldwell County (NC), 7 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-12.4 mi
  • Ozone10Good6 ppb5.9 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cajah's Mountain

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cajah's Mountain, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.

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On the radar over Cajah's Mountain, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cajah's Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lenoir 1.3 SENC-CD-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/1,303 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LenoirLENN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/1,191 ft/102 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRNFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Morganton-Lenoir_Airport: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRNFIG. B THE AIR AT MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-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 Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, 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 MRNFIG. C THE WIND AT MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Lenoir (LENN7), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Cajah's Mountain

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

Near Cajah's Mountain

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