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Lowgap, North Carolina

Community in Surry County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Lowgap

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 32 miles off.

13Good
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lowgap

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lowgap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ennice 3.0 SENC-AG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/2,896 ft/1,452 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mount Airy 2 WMTAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/1,070 ft/374 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank494of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Lowgap, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT_AIRY/SURRY_COUNTY_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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWKFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT_AIRY/SURRY_COUNTY_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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 8 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 MWKFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT_AIRY/SURRY_COUNTY_APRTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mount Airy 2 W (MTAN7), 12.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lowgap

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

Near Lowgap

River and lake gauges