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Cape Carteret, North Carolina

Town in Carteret County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Cape Carteret

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 24 miles off.

6Good
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Cape Carteret

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cape Carteret, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cape Carteret, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Bogue Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Cape Carteret, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Bogue Field, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NJMFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOGUE FIELDSECTION, 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: 6 MI0510TITLEBogue Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NJMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NJM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Bogue Field: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NJMFIG. B THE AIR AT BOGUE FIELDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBogue Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NJMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NJM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bogue Field, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NJMFIG. C THE WIND AT BOGUE FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBogue Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NJMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NJM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Newport/Morehead City Wfo (MHXN7), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Cape Carteret

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

Near Cape Carteret

River and lake gauges