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Mesic, North Carolina

Town in Pamlico County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Mesic

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 26 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb16.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mesic

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 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 Mesic, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mesic, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Vandemere 3.1 SSENC-PM-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/2 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BayboroBAYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/13 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,668of 2,243

Station report

The weather at Piney Island, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Mesic, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:12 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Piney Island, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NBTFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINEY ISLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPiney Island, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NBTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NBT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Piney Island: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NBTFIG. B THE AIR AT PINEY ISLANDTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEPiney Island, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NBTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NBT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Piney Island, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NBTFIG. C THE WIND AT PINEY ISLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPiney Island, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NBTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NBT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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