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St. James, North Carolina

Town in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at St. James

Index 75, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 26 miles off.

75Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)75Moderate-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at St. James

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at St. James, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 1 PM.

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On the radar over St. James, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest St. James, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Kure BeachSUNN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/24 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank930of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Ag STNSHAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/23 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,233of 2,243

Station report

The weather at Southport/Brunswick, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from St. James, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Southport/Brunswick, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 1,600 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Southport/Brunswick: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLESouthport/Brunswick, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Southport/Brunswick, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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