Temperature
16 F at 5 PM; 18 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 8 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 16F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 18F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 8F
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Point Lay LRRS Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in North Slope Borough, Alaska16°
16°/7°
Light snow·
Feels like -2°·Fresh breeze 22 mph ENE
Now. Point Lay LRRS Airport is 16° and light snow at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like -2°. The dew point is 13°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 13° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 13° by 8 PM, 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 Sunday, near 31°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 23°. Rain is likely Saturday (71%) and Monday (51%). Rain is possible tomorrow (35%), Sunday (38%) and Tuesday (42%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 8°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 9 hours 7 minutes long, 9 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
16feels-2
22mph
Today
Oct 15
167
23mph
Fri
Oct 16
238
35%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
2818
71%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
3122
38%
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
3024
51%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
3023
42%
Wed
Oct 21
2819
17%
16°
16°7°
23°8°
28°18°
31°22°
30°24°
30°23°
28°19°
As of 6:00 PM in Point Lay LRRS Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PIZ
- ICAO
- PPIZ
- IATA
- PIZ
- Field elevation
- 22 ft
- Serves
- Point Lay
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PPIZ
- Wind now
- From 60° at 22 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,519 ft | 80 ft | GVL | 69° / 249° | 22 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Point Lay(Dew/AWOS) (PPIZ), Point Lay LRRS Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 13 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 4 PM to 92% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 13F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the east northeast at 6 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.32inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 6 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 6 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 500 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
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
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Point Lay(Dew/AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 1 instruments nearest Point Lay LRRS 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/20 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Point Lay LRRS Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Point Laycommunity, 1 mi
- Wainwrightcity, 94 mi
- Red Dog Minecommunity, 115 mi
- Point Hopecity, 133 mi
- Atqasukcity, 141 mi
- Kivalinacity, 144 mi
- Noatakcommunity, 146 mi
- Utqiagvikcity, 179 mi
- Kotzebuecity, 196 mi
- Kianacity, 202 mi
- Noorvikcity, 207 mi
- Amblercity, 225 mi
Airports near Point Lay LRRS Airport
- Wainwright AirportAWI, 94 mi
- Cape Lisburne LRRS AirportLUR, 96 mi
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 118 mi
- Point Hope AirportPHO, 134 mi
- Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial AirportATK, 140 mi
- Kivalina AirportKVL, 143 mi
- Noatak AirportWTK, 150 mi
- Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportBRW, 179 mi