Now. Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport is 31° and light snow at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 33° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 26° by 7 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 32°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 27°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 40 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 unlit | 2,600 ft | 50 ft | GVL | 90° / 270° | 4 mph head, on 06 | 6 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 89° / 269° | 4 mph head, on 08 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Galena Airport (PAGA), Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
34 F at 7 PM Thursday; 34 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 29 F at its coolest, 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 24 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 7 PM Thursday to 96% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.36 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 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 3,400 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 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
Galena Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Edward G. Pitka Sr 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
Galena AirportPAGA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/151 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/197 ft/44 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
GalenaGALA2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/128 ft/25 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.