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Mount Olive, North Carolina

Town in Wayne County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Mount Olive

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lenoir County (NC), 24 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Olive

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Mount Olive, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mount Olive, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mount Olive 0.4 NWNC-WY-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/161 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mount Olive, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Mount Olive, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM 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 Mount Olive, 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 W40FIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT OLIVESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMount Olive, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W40TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W40-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.2 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mount Olive: temperature 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W40FIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT OLIVETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.2 FTEMPERATURE 71.2 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEMount Olive, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W40TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W40-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mount Olive, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W40FIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT OLIVEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Olive, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W40TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W40-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mount Olive 6SE (MTON7), 6.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Mount Olive

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

Near Mount Olive

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