Homer Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

42° 48°/38°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 42°·Light air 2 mph E

Now. Homer Airport is 42° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 49°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 42°. Rain is likely Sunday (54%), Monday (79%) and Tuesday (80%). Rain is possible Wednesday (48%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.

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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 15 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

93%Humidity

45%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

42feels42

Today

Oct 15

4838

90%

14mph

Fri

Oct 16

4937

26%

Sat

Oct 17

4533

16%

Sun

Oct 18

4330

54%

Mon

Oct 19

4530

79%

Tue

Oct 20

4432

80%

23mph

Wed

Oct 21

4231

48%

15mph

42°

48°38°

49°37°

45°33°

43°30°

45°30°

44°32°

42°31°

As of 10:00 PM in Homer Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: HOM
ICAO: PAHO
IATA: HOM
Field elevation: 84 ft
Serves: Homer
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PAHO
Wind now: Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
04 / 22	6,701 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	54° / 234°	Calm	Calm

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Homer Municipal (ASOS) (PAHO), Homer Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 7 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 41 F at its coolest, 11 AM.

Now: 43F; 7 PM
Highest: 48F; 2 AM
Lowest: 41F; 11 AM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 40 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 7 AM to 89% at 4 PM.

Dew point now: 40F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 89%
Humidity, range: 68 to 89%

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

Wind

4 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 36 mph at 11 PM Wednesday.

Now: 4mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 22mph; 11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust: 36mph; 11 PM Wednesday

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

Pressure

29.22 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.22inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: +0.06inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.25inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 5mi; 9 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 1,300 ft at 2 PM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 1,300ft; 2 PM
Hours with a base reported: 21

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.36 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 12 AM.

Last 24 hours: 0.36in
Wettest hour: 0.06in; 12 AM
Hours with some: 17

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Homer Municipal (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Homer 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 now4 instruments

Homer Municipal (ASOS)PAHO

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/72 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Homer 5NE - Schor GardenSCHA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/98 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Schor GardenS2063

At a soil climate station/4.3 mi away/120 ft/36 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Sterling Hwy @ Ninilchik River BridgeNRBA2

Beside a road/28.6 mi away/89 ft/5 ft above here