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Forest Hills, North Carolina

Village in Jackson County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Forest Hills

Index 1, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Macon County (NC), 17 miles off.

1Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-17 mi
  • Ozone1Good1 ppb17 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Forest Hills

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Forest Hills, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forest Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sylva24A

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/2,794 ft/550 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank775of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

CullowheeCULN7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/2,234 ft/10 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank145of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Sylva, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Forest Hills, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Sylva, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. A THE SKY OVER SYLVASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLESylva, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Sylva: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. B THE AIR AT SYLVATHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLESylva, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-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 Sylva, 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 24AFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLVAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESylva, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Forest Hills

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

Near Forest Hills

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