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Calabash, North Carolina

Town in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Calabash

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 26 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Calabash

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Calabash, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Calabash, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ShallotteNATN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.7 mi away/56 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,237of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Calabash 1.4 ESENC-BR-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/16 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Longwood 1NWLNGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/20 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank144of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Southport/Brunswick, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.8 mi from Calabash, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM 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 Southport/Brunswick, 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 SUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Southport/Brunswick: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.4 F, 71.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLESouthport/Brunswick, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Southport/Brunswick, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 SUTFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Southport/Brunswick, 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 Calabash

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

Near Calabash

River and lake gauges