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Sugar Mountain, North Carolina

Village in Avery County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Sugar Mountain

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Ridges (NC), 4 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-18.5 mi
  • Ozone34Good6 ppb11.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sugar Mountain

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Sugar Mountain, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.4 miles Sat 12 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sugar Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Banner ElkBELN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/3,704 ft/808 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,122of 2,255

Seven Devils 0.1 ENC-WT-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/4,028 ft/484 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Sugar Mountain, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNBFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATAUGA_CNTY_HOSP_HELIPSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWatauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TNBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.5 F with a dew point of 63.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip: temperature 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.5, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNBFIG. B THE AIR AT WATAUGA_CNTY_HOSP_HELIPTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.5 F, 63.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEWatauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 3,146 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.67 inHg and the temperature at 47.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.19 inHg means its barometer reads 26.91 inHg; it reports 63.5 F, 15.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,146 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.67 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.19 and the station pressure it means, 26.91.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNBFIG. D WHERE WATAUGA_CNTY_HOSP_HELIP STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREWATAUGA_CNTY_HOSP_HELIP11 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,146 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.67 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.19 inHgITS BAROMETER READS26.91 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.5 FTITLEWatauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_Helip, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Banner Elk (BELN7), 2.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Sugar Mountain

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

Near Sugar Mountain

River and lake gauges