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Morehead City, North Carolina

Town in Carteret County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Morehead City

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 9 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, 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 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Morehead City

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 Morehead City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Morehead City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BeaufortNDBC-BFTN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,144of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Morehead City 1.0 WNWNC-CR-141

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/14 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Morehead CityMDCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/13 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Morehead City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:06 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 900 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 900 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRHFIG. A THE SKY OVER SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(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 SHEETFEW 900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS): temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRHFIG. B THE AIR AT SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 67.0 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 POINTTITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRH-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 Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), 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 MRHFIG. C THE WIND AT SMITH_FIELD/BEAUFORT_(ASOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESmith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS), 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 Morehead City

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

Near Morehead City

River and lake gauges