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Flat Rock, North Carolina

Community in Surry County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Flat Rock

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 40 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, 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 Flat Rock

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Flat Rock, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Flat Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mount Airy 2 WMTAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/1,070 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank494of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW8570, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.5 mi from Flat Rock, North Carolina. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW8570, 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 EW8570FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW8570PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW8570, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8570TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8570-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,222 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.62 inHg and the temperature at 54.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 28.74 inHg; it reports 70.0 F, 15.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW8570 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,222 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.62 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 28.74.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW8570FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW8570 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW85704 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,222 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.62 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.74 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLECitizen station EW8570, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8570TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8570-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.54 N, and the day is 11 h 06 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW8570, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 06 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW8570FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW8570ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 77°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 06 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.54 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW8570, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8570TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8570-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW8570, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mount Airy 2 W (MTAN7), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Flat Rock

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

Near Flat Rock

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