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East Arcadia, North Carolina

Town in Bladen County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at East Arcadia

Index 74, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 25 miles off.

74Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)74Moderate-
  • Ozone11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 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 East Arcadia

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at East Arcadia, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest East Arcadia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bolton 0.6 WNWNC-CL-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/62 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Moores Creek Natl BattlefieldMCRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/23 ft/36 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.2 mi from East Arcadia, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM 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 Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, 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 EYFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 68.7 F, 95 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 Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.7, 95 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 EYFFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.3 F, 68.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 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 EYFFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near East Arcadia

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Near East Arcadia

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