Airports/Alaska/Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport

Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in North Slope Borough, Alaska

18° 20°/11°

Overcast· Feels like 10°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE

Coming up. Snow is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (75%).

Now. Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport is 18° and overcast at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 10°. The dew point is 13°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 17°, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 28°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 23°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (81%) and Saturday (54%). Rain is possible Sunday (34%) and Monday (34%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 15°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 8 hours 51 minutes long, 9 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

80%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

6:00 PM

18feels10

Today

Oct 15

2011

15mph

Fri

Oct 16

2615

81%

21mph

Sat

Oct 17

2723

54%

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

2819

34%

24mph

Mon

Oct 19

2822

34%

17mph

Tue

Oct 20

2620

27%

12mph

Wed

Oct 21

2317

10%

18°

20°11°

26°15°

27°23°

28°19°

28°22°

26°20°

23°17°

As of 6:00 PM in Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: BRW
ICAO: PABR
IATA: BRW
Field elevation: 44 ft
Serves: Utqiaġvik
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PABR
Wind now: From 50° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
08 / 26	7,100 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	90° / 270°	4 mph head, on 08	3 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Barrow/Post-Rogers (ASOS) (PABR), Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

18 F at 5 PM; 19 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 9 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now: 18F; 5 PM
Highest: 19F; 4 PM
Lowest: 9F; 4 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 13 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 12 AM to 87% at 9 AM.

Dew point now: 13F; 5 PM
Humidity now: 80%
Humidity, range: 77 to 87%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

7 mph from the east northeast at 6 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 AM, and no gust reported.

Now: 7mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 12mph; 12 AM
Highest gust: -; none reported

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.04 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 30.04inHg; 6 PM
3 hours: -0.07inHg; falling
24 hours: -0.21inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 8mi; 11 AM
Hours under a mile: 0

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,500 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 2,400ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 1,500ft; 7 AM
Hours with a base reported: 21

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

Barrow/Post-Rogers (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport, 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

Barrow/Post-Rogers (ASOS)PABR

At an airfield/0.6 mi away/13 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Barrow 4 ENE27516

At a climate reference station/4.2 mi away/15 ft/29 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Barrow CRNBROA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/20 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Barrow AirportBRW