Temperature
28 F at 7 PM; 30 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 23 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 28F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 30F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 23F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ambler Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska24°
28°/17°
Clear·
Feels like 13°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Now. Ambler Airport is 24° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 13°. The dew point is 14°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 18° by 1 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 28°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 22°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 14°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 9 hours 30 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
24feels13
12mph
Today
Oct 15
2817
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
2814
overcast
Sat
Oct 17
2519
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
2513
11%
Mon
Oct 19
2313
14%
Tue
Oct 20
2313
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
2212
mostly clear day
24°
28°17°
28°14°
25°19°
25°13°
23°13°
23°13°
22°12°
As of 10:00 PM in Ambler Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AFM
- ICAO
- PAFM
- IATA
- ABL
- Field elevation
- 334 ft
- Serves
- Ambler
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAFM
- Wind now
- From 20° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | GVL | 22° / 202° | 14 mph head, on 01 | None |
| 10 / 28 | 2,400 ft | 60 ft | GVL | 112° / 292° | 0 mph head, on 10 | 14 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ambler (PAFM), Ambler Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 15 F, the air 58% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 2 PM to 81% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 15F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 58%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 81%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.57 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.57inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 8,500 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 8,500ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ambler: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 2 instruments nearest Ambler Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
AmblerPAFM
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/289 ft/45 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kobuk 3N - SNOTELDHLA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/27.9 mi away/282 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ambler Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Ambler Airport
- Shungnak AirportSHG, 24 mi
- Kobuk AirportOBU, 29 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 68 mi
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 70 mi
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 88 mi
- Huslia AirportHLA, 106 mi
- Buckland AirportBVK, 119 mi
- Hughes AirportHUS, 123 mi