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Mount Gilead, North Carolina

Town in Montgomery County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Mount Gilead

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 9 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Gilead

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Gilead, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mount Gilead, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WadesboroAFP

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/300 ft/106 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank351of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Norwood 0.6 ENENC-SN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/436 ft/30 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Albemarle Coop StaALBN7

At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/646 ft/240 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wadesboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Mount Gilead, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 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 Wadesboro, 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 AFPFIG. A THE SKY OVER WADESBOROSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWadesboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AFPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.4 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wadesboro: temperature 84.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFPFIG. B THE AIR AT WADESBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 84.4 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 19.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEWadesboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wadesboro, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFPFIG. C THE WIND AT WADESBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWadesboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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