Coming up. Snow is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (51%).
Now. Kwethluk Airport is 35° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 39° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 6 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. Highs stay close to 37° all week. Rain is likely Sunday (53%) and Monday (54%). Rain is possible Tuesday (31%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 3 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Kwethluk Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 unlit | 3,199 ft | 75 ft | Gravel | 196° / 16° | 4 mph head, on 36 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Kwethluk (PFKW), Kwethluk Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
36 F at 7 PM Thursday; 37 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 30 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 7 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 15 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.31 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 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
Kwethluk: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Kwethluk 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 now1 instrument
KwethlukPFKW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/20 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bethel 6.5 NNEAK-BC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/13 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/107 ft/82 ft above 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.