Now. Chalkyitsik Airport is 29° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 19°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 34° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 23° by 6 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 34°, and the coolest Monday, near 25°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (60%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 20°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% 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 9 hours 27 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Chalkyitsik Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Gravel | 53° / 233° | 9 mph head, on 04 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Chalkyitsik (PACI), Chalkyitsik Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
29 F at 7 PM Thursday; 31 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 25 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 23 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 6 PM Thursday to 92% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 17 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.60 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,000 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chalkyitsik: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 2 instruments nearest Chalkyitsik Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
ChalkyitsikPACI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/548 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Chalkyitsik WestCIKA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/482 ft/62 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.