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Fountain, North Carolina

Town in Pitt County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Fountain

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Pitt County (NC), 15 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.2 mi
  • Ozone32Good37 ppb15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fountain

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Fountain, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

GreenvilleGREN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/23 ft/87 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank27of 2,243

Station report

The weather at Pitt-Greenville_Aprt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Fountain, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pitt-Greenville_Aprt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGVFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITT-GREENVILLE_APRTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPitt-Greenville_Aprt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PGVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PGV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Pitt-Greenville_Aprt: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGVFIG. B THE AIR AT PITT-GREENVILLE_APRTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEPitt-Greenville_Aprt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PGV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pitt-Greenville_Aprt, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGVFIG. C THE WIND AT PITT-GREENVILLE_APRTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPitt-Greenville_Aprt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PGV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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