Temperature
29 F at 7 PM; 33 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 24 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 29F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 33F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 24F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska28°
29°/16°
Clear·
Feels like 19°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNE
Now. Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport is 28° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 19°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 15° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 28°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 24°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 11°.
The sky now. 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. The day is 9 hours 33 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
72%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
28feels19
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
2916
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 16
2711
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 17
2612
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
2818
20%
Mon
Oct 19
2515
19%
Tue
Oct 20
2512
10%
Wed
Oct 21
2411
mostly clear day
28°
29°16°
27°11°
26°12°
28°18°
25°15°
25°12°
24°11°
As of 8:00 PM in Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- D76
- ICAO
- PFNO
- IATA
- ORV
- Field elevation
- 55 ft
- Serves
- Noorvik
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PFNO
- Wind now
- From 40° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 unlit | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Gravel | 75° / 255° | 7 mph head, on 06 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Noorvik (PFNO), Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 21 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 6 PM to 92% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 21F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.58 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.58inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 2 PM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 2 PM
- 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 1,200 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,200ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Noorvik: 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 Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial 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
NoorvikPFNO
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/55 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.2 mi away/178 ft/123 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 19 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 32 mi
- Ralph Wien Memorial AirportOTZ, 43 mi
- Buckland AirportBVK, 58 mi
- Deering AirportDEE, 71 mi
- Noatak AirportWTK, 73 mi
- Ambler AirportAFM, 88 mi
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 98 mi