Now. McGrath Airport is 33° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 36° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 7 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 34°, and the coolest Thursday, near 28°. Rain is possible Monday (45%) and Tuesday (40%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 8:18 PM. 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 51 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in McGrath Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 2,000 ft | 60 ft | Gravel | 69° / 249° | 3 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 5,936 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 0 mph head, on 16 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Mcgrath (ASOS) (PAMC), McGrath Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
35 F at 7 PM Thursday; 36 F at its warmest, 1 AM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 27 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 2 PM Thursday to 89% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 12 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.21 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.42 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 6,500 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 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
Mcgrath (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest McGrath 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
Mcgrath (ASOS)PAMC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/338 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McGrath - SNOTELMCSA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/0.2 mi away/331 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
McGrath 0.6 WAK-YC-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/332 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mcgrath APMCG
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/331 ft/10 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.