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Southern Shores, North Carolina

Town in Dare County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Southern Shores

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 69 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Southern Shores

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Southern Shores, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Southern Shores, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Southern Shores 0.6 SENC-DR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/20 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManteoMNTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/16 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kill_Devil_Hills, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Southern Shores, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Kill_Devil_Hills, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER KILL_DEVIL_HILLSSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 67.5 F, 98 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 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Kill_Devil_Hills: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.5, 98 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 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. B THE AIR AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 67.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFA-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Kill_Devil_Hills, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 5 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 FFAFIG. C THE WIND AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Southern Shores

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Near Southern Shores

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