Merrill Field, Alaska

Medium airport in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

41° 47°/36°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 41°·Light air 2 mph SE

Now. Merrill Field is 41° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 3 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 42°, and the coolest Thursday, near 36°. Rain is likely Monday (50%), Tuesday (75%) and Wednesday (50%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 8:40 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 1 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

90%Humidity

87%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

41feels41

Today

Oct 16

4736

Sat

Oct 17

4234

19%

Sun

Oct 18

4030

Mon

Oct 19

4133

50%

Tue

Oct 20

4134

75%

13mph

Wed

Oct 21

3933

50%

12mph

Thu

Oct 22

3628

12%

41°

47°36°

42°34°

40°30°

41°33°

41°34°

39°33°

36°28°

As of 1:00 AM in Merrill Field, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: MRI
ICAO: PAMR
IATA: MRI
Field elevation: 137 ft
Serves: Anchorage
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PAMR
Wind now: From 100° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
04 / 22 unlit	2,000 ft	60 ft	GVL	65° / 245°	2 mph head, on 04	2 mph from the right
08 / 26	4,000 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	90° / 270°	3 mph head, on 08	1 mph from the right
17 / 35	2,640 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	180° / 0°	1 mph head, on 17	3 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Merrill Field (PAMR), Merrill Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

41 F at 12 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.

Now: 41F; 12 AM
Highest: 48F; 3 PM Thursday
Lowest: 37F; 2 AM Thursday

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 39 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 11 AM Thursday to 93% at 12 AM.

Dew point now: 39F; 12 AM
Humidity now: 93%
Humidity, range: 62 to 93%

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

Wind

1 mph from the northeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now: 1mph; from the northeast
Strongest: 5mph; 10 AM Thursday
Highest gust: -; none reported

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

Pressure

29.29 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.29inHg; 1 AM
3 hours: +0.05inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.28inHg

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 10+mi
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 2,900 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 7,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 2,900ft; 3 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported: 20

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: 0.00in; 1 PM Thursday
Hours with some: 5

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

Merrill Field: 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 Merrill Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Merrill FieldPAMR

At an airfield/0.5 mi away/98 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Harding Ice FieldHRDA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/115 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Seward Highway @ Huffman RoadSHRA2

Beside a road/7.2 mi away/194 ft/57 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Kenai 29 ENE26563

At a climate reference station/39.5 mi away/282 ft/145 ft above here