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Carolina Meadows, North Carolina

Community in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Carolina Meadows

Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 13 miles off.

69Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate8.4 mi
  • Ozone39Good39 ppb8.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good8.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.8 ppb11.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb25 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm11.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carolina Meadows

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carolina Meadows, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carolina Meadows, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chapel Hill 4.7 SSENC-CH-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/264 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wtr PltCPLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/463 ft/183 ft above 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, 11.2 mi from Carolina Meadows, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:10 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 Durham - Duke North Heliport, 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 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDurham - 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

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Durham - Duke North Heliport: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,800 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.6 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 8 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Durham - Duke North Heliport, north up: at 8 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH 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), 4.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Carolina Meadows

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

Near Carolina Meadows

River and lake gauges