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Mebane, North Carolina

City in Alamance County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Mebane

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 23 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate21.4 mi
  • Ozone31Good30 ppb18.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)26Good21.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mebane

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Mebane, the next 46 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mebane, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mebane 0.3 WSWNC-AL-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/629 ft/38 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GrahamGRHN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/551 ft/116 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Mebane, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUYFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)SECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS): temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUYFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 70.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 3 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 BUYFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BUY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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