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Lake Royale, North Carolina

Community in Franklin County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Lake Royale

Index 74, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Edgecombe County (NC), 23 miles off.

74Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)74Moderate22.4 mi
  • Ozone44Good38 ppb22.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-22.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.7 ppb22.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm22.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Royale

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Royale, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Royale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Louisburg 9.4 SENC-FK-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/328 ft/87 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tar River At LouisburgLOUN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/200 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Lake Royale, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHZFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LHZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHZFIG. B THE AIR AT LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LHZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHZFIG. C THE WIND AT LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LHZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, 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 Lake Royale

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

Near Lake Royale

River and lake gauges