Temperature
33 F at 7 PM; 36 F at its warmest, 6 PM, and 28 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 33F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 36F
- 6 PM
- Lowest
- 28F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Snow is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (53%).
Now. Ruby Airport is 31° and overcast at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 33°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 24°. Snow is possible tomorrow (49%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. 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 47 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Ruby Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | GVL | 51° / 231° | 7 mph head, on 03 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Ruby (PARY), Ruby Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
33 F at 7 PM; 36 F at its warmest, 6 PM, and 28 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 30 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 6 PM to 96% at 9 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 25 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.30 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 7 PM; 1 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 7 PM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ruby: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 2 instruments nearest Ruby Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
RubyPARY
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/653 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.8 mi away/197 ft/461 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
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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.