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Red Cross, North Carolina

Town in Stanly County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Red Cross

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Union County (NC), 21 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-20.3 mi
  • Ozone13Good5 ppb20.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-23.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.8 ppb20.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm23.9 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Red Cross

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Red Cross, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Red Cross, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlbemarleVUJ

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/610 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank618of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Locust 0.1 NNWNC-SN-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/727 ft/85 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water PltNTPN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/722 ft/80 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Albemarle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Red Cross, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Albemarle, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBEMARLESECTION, 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 SHEETVV 700 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLEAlbemarle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Albemarle: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBEMARLETHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEAlbemarle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-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 Albemarle, 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 VUJFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBEMARLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAlbemarle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near Red Cross

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