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Fontana Dam, North Carolina

Town in Graham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Fontana Dam

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Great Smoky Mtns. Natl. Park - TN (TN), 15 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-21.8 mi
  • Ozone37Good31 ppb12.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fontana Dam

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 Fontana Dam, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fontana Dam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Robbinsville 3.7 WNC-GH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/2,044 ft/174 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MurphyMURN7

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/1,575 ft/295 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,178of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Andrews-Murphy_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Fontana Dam, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 300 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Andrews-Murphy_Airport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 300 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.7 F with a dew point of 58.3 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Andrews-Murphy_Airport: temperature 59.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.3, 95 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. B THE AIR AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTTHE 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 57.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.7 F, 58.3 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 POINTTITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-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 Andrews-Murphy_Airport, 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 RHPFIG. C THE WIND AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Murphy (MURN7), 24.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Fontana Dam

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

Near Fontana Dam

River and lake gauges