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Southern Pines, North Carolina

Town in Moore County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Southern Pines

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 29 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)28Good-

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Southern Pines

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Southern Pines, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Southern Pines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Southern Pines 1.0 ESENC-MR-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/554 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water Treatment PltCTGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/538 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Southern_Pines_AWOS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Southern Pines, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 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 Southern_Pines_AWOS, 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 SOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Southern_Pines_AWOS: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SOPFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Southern_Pines_AWOS, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SOPFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Southern_Pines_AWOS, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Southern Pines

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