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River Road, North Carolina

Community in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at River Road

Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Pitt County (NC), 24 miles off.

43Good
  • Ozone43Good54 ppb21.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb15.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at River Road

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at River Road, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest River Road, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BunyanBNYN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/33 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank626of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Washington 4.2 SENC-BF-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/3 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WashingtonWASN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/20 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,622of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Washington/Warren, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from River Road, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 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 Washington/Warren, 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 OCWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASHINGTON/WARRENSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWashington/Warren, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OCWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OCW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

86.5 F with a dew point of 65.3 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Washington/Warren: temperature 86.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OCWFIG. B THE AIR AT WASHINGTON/WARRENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.4 FTEMPERATURE 86.5 FDEW POINT 65.3 FSPREAD 21.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEWashington/Warren, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OCWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OCW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Washington/Warren, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OCWFIG. C THE WIND AT WASHINGTON/WARRENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWashington/Warren, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OCWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OCW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Washington (WASN7), 2.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 22:31. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near River Road

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

Near River Road

River and lake gauges