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Finklea, South Carolina

Community in Horry County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Finklea

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 21 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good20.7 mi
  • Ozone34Good37 ppb20.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Finklea

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Finklea, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.

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On the radar over Finklea, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Finklea, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Horry RAWSHRAS1

A remote fire weather station/12.5 mi away/85 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank408of 1,111

ConwayHYW

At an airfield/20.3 mi away/35 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank366of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Loris 5.2 NNWSC-HR-96

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/97 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MullinsMULS1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/141 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank84of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Conway, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Finklea, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:55 AM 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 Conway, 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 HYWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CONWAYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEConway, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HYW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Conway: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYWFIG. B THE AIR AT CONWAYTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEConway, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HYW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Conway, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 HYWFIG. C THE WIND AT CONWAYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEConway, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HYW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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