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Zebulon, North Carolina

Town in Wake County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Zebulon

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Johnston County (NC), 22 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate14.4 mi
  • Ozone33Good54 ppb14.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-14.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb14.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb14.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm14.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Zebulon

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Zebulon, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Zebulon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Zebulon 0.7 WNC-WK-245

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/291 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Clayton 3ECLAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/240 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Zebulon, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 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 Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, 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 LHZFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt: temperature 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHZFIG. B THE AIR AT LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FTEMPERATURE 82.4 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, 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 LHZFIG. C THE WIND AT LOUISBURG/FRANKLIN_CNTY_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELouisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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