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Earl, North Carolina

Town in Cleveland County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Earl

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln County (NC), 26 miles off.

6Good
  • Ozone6Good3 ppb21.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Earl

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Earl, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Earl, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Patterson Springs 1.3 NWNC-CV-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/790 ft/58 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Shelby 2NNESLYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/900 ft/52 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,244of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Shelby_Muni_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Earl, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Shelby_Muni_Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EHOFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHELBY_MUNI_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: 2 MI0510TITLEShelby_Muni_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EHOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EHO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Shelby_Muni_Arpt: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EHOFIG. B THE AIR AT SHELBY_MUNI_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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEShelby_Muni_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EHOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EHO-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 Shelby_Muni_Arpt, 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 EHOFIG. C THE WIND AT SHELBY_MUNI_ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEShelby_Muni_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EHOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EHO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Shelby 2NNE (SLYN7), 8.2 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 Earl

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

Near Earl

River and lake gauges