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Tar Heel, North Carolina

Town in Bladen County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Tar Heel

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 24 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate23.4 mi
  • Ozone30Good33 ppb22 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good23.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb22 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Tar Heel

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 Tar Heel, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tar Heel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Tar Heel 3.3 SNC-BD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/130 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elizabethtown 3 SWELZN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/131 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Tar Heel, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM 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 Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, 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 EYFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.8 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field: temperature 71.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EYFFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.8 F, 69.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 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 EYFFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWN/CURTIS_BROWN_FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field, 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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Near Tar Heel

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

Near Tar Heel

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