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Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina

Town in Columbus County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Lake Waccamaw

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 34 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Waccamaw

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Lake Waccamaw, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Waccamaw, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WhitevilleWHIN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.7 mi away/52 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank560of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Waccamaw 0.3 SNC-CL-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/57 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Whiteville 7 NWWHTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/82 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Columbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Columbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPCFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUS_CNTY_MUNI_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 SHEETVV 500 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEColumbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPCFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUS_CNTY_MUNI_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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 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 POINTTITLEColumbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Columbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 2 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 CPCFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUS_CNTY_MUNI_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus_Cnty_Muni_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Columbus_Cnty_Muni_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 Waccamaw

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

Near Lake Waccamaw

River and lake gauges