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Love Valley, North Carolina

Town in Iredell County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Love Valley

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Alexander County (NC), 12 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good44 ppb12.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Love Valley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Love Valley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 AM.

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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Love Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Love Valley 3.4 ENENC-IR-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,116 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Radio STN WacbTLRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/1,250 ft/72 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Statesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.4 mi from Love Valley, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,900 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Statesville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVHFIG. A THE SKY OVER STATESVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStatesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 66.6 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Statesville: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.6, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVHFIG. B THE AIR AT STATESVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 66.6 FSPREAD 17.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEStatesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Statesville, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVHFIG. C THE WIND AT STATESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStatesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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