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Foxfire, North Carolina

Village in Moore County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Foxfire

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 22 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Foxfire

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Foxfire, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Foxfire, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RockinghamRKGN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.9 mi away/394 ft/77 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank545of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Foxfire 0.6 NWNC-MR-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/555 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jackson Springs 3WSWJKSN7

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/591 ft/120 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mackall_AAF, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Foxfire, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 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 Mackall_AAF, 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 HFFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MACKALL_AAFSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMackall_AAF, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.4 F with a dew point of 65.7 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mackall_AAF: temperature 68.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.7, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFFFIG. B THE AIR AT MACKALL_AAFTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.4 F, 65.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEMackall_AAF, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFF-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 Mackall_AAF, 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 HFFFIG. C THE WIND AT MACKALL_AAFPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMackall_AAF, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Foxfire

River and lake gauges