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Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Town in Haywood County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Maggie Valley

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Ridges (NC), 4 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.3 mi
  • Ozone35Good37 ppb4.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Maggie Valley

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Maggie Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sylva24A

At an airfield/16.3 mi away/2,794 ft/37 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank775of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

WaynesvilleWYVN7

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/2,703 ft/128 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,901of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Sylva, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Maggie Valley, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sylva, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. A THE SKY OVER SYLVASECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESylva, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.8 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Sylva: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 24AFIG. B THE AIR AT SYLVATHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLESylva, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-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 Sylva, 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 24AFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLVAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESylva, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 24ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-24A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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