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Swan Quarter, North Carolina

Community in Hyde County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Swan Quarter

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 44 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb23.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Swan Quarter

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Swan Quarter, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Swan Quarter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Engelhard7W6

At an airfield/23.5 mi away/4 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank619of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

SQ TowerNC-HD-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/3 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank1,276of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Engelhard, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.5 mi from Swan Quarter, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Engelhard, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7W6FIG. A THE SKY OVER ENGELHARDSECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEEngelhard, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 7W6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7W6-1DRAWN 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 66.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Engelhard: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7W6FIG. B THE AIR AT ENGELHARDTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEEngelhard, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 7W6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7W6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Engelhard, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7W6FIG. C THE WIND AT ENGELHARDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEngelhard, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 7W6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7W6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Engelhard, 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 Swan Quarter

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

Near Swan Quarter

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