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South Rosemary, North Carolina

Community in Halifax County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at South Rosemary

Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 17 miles off.

69Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate5.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.3 ppb5.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at South Rosemary

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 South Rosemary, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Rosemary, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fire RAWS 6FWRN7

A remote fire weather station/20.0 mi away/115 ft/113 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank731of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Roanoke Rapids 1.2 NWNC-HL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/182 ft/46 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Roanoke Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.7 mi from South Rosemary, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 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 Roanoke Rapids, 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 IXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROANOKE RAPIDSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERoanoke Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.2 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Roanoke Rapids: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ROANOKE RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.4 FTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLERoanoke Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Roanoke Rapids, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ROANOKE RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERoanoke Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at LOWER ROANOKE RIVER 1 NNW Roanoke Rapids Dam (RAPN7), 2.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near South Rosemary

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

Near South Rosemary

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