Temperature
44 F at 7 PM; 47 F at its warmest, 7 AM, and 43 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 47F
- 7 AM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sand Point Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Aleutians East Borough, AlaskaSmall Craft Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Coastal Waters Forecast for Southwest Alaska+Bristol Bay+The Alaska Peninsula Waters and the Aleutian Islands up to 100 nm out. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TONIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain showers. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers. .THU NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...N wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.
40°
48°/41°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 30°·Fresh breeze 23 mph NW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Sand Point Airport until 5 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sand Point Airport is 40° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 23 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 50°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 44°. Rain is likely Saturday (60%), Sunday (99%), Monday (83%) and Tuesday (76%). Rain is possible tomorrow (32%) and Wednesday (34%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 28 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 31 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
79%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
40feels30
10%
23mph
Today
Oct 15
4841
50%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
4440
32%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
4536
60%
Sun
Oct 18
5039
99%
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
4842
83%
Tue
Oct 20
4538
76%
28mph
Wed
Oct 21
4436
34%
22mph
40°
48°41°
44°40°
45°36°
50°39°
48°42°
45°38°
44°36°
As of 11:00 PM in Sand Point Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SDP
- ICAO
- PASD
- IATA
- SDP
- Field elevation
- 21 ft
- Serves
- Sand Point
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PASD
- Wind now
- From 320° at 24 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | 24 mph head, on 31 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sand Point (PASD), Sand Point Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 3 PM to 89% at 9 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside today: the wind read 25 mph in 6 reports in a row from 9 AM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.30 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.30inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.21inHg
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 1,700 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 6 AM
- 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sand Point: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Sand Point 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 now3 instruments
Sand PointPASD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sand Point 1 ENE25630
At a climate reference station/3.0 mi away/240 ft/219 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Ak Sand Point 1 ENESNTA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/242 ft/221 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/21 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Sand Point Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sand Pointcity, 3 mi
- Nelson Lagooncommunity, 55 mi
- Ivanof Baycommunity, 58 mi
- Perryvillecommunity, 67 mi
- King Covecity, 73 mi
- Cold Baycity, 87 mi
- Chignik Lakecommunity, 94 mi
- Chignik Lagooncommunity, 104 mi
- Chignikcity, 107 mi
- False Passcity, 118 mi
- Port Heidencity, 136 mi
- Pilot Pointcity, 192 mi
Airports near Sand Point Airport
- Nelson Lagoon AirportOUL, 54 mi
- Perryville AirportPEV, 67 mi
- King Cove AirportKVC, 70 mi
- Cold Bay AirportCDB, 87 mi
- Chignik Lake AirportA79, 94 mi
- Chignik AirportAJC, 108 mi
- False Pass AirportKFP, 119 mi
- Port Heiden AirportPTH, 135 mi