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Red Oak, North Carolina

Town in Nash County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Red Oak

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Edgecombe County (NC), 9 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate18.3 mi
  • Ozone23Good26 ppb18.3 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Red Oak

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Red Oak, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Red Oak, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Nashville 0.7 NNENC-NS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/149 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Rocky MountRMTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/103 ft/89 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Red Oak, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(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 SHEETOVC 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS): temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWIFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 RWIFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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