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McDonald, North Carolina

Town in Robeson County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at McDonald

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 39 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at McDonald

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 McDonald, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McDonald, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LumbertonLBT

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/125 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank406of 2,255

PembrokePMBN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/164 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank739of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Lumberton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from McDonald, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Lumberton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBTFIG. A THE SKY OVER LUMBERTONSECTION, 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: 4 MI0510TITLELumberton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LBTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Lumberton: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBTFIG. B THE AIR AT LUMBERTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 65.0 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 POINTTITLELumberton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBT-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 Lumberton, 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 LBTFIG. C THE WIND AT LUMBERTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELumberton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lumberton, 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 McDonald

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

Near McDonald

River and lake gauges