Yakutat Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

50° 53°/37°

Light rain· Feels like 50°·Light breeze 7 mph SE

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 54% around 3 AM.

Now. Yakutat Airport is 50° and light rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 7 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° by 5 AM, under cloud.

The week. Highs stay close to 48° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%), Saturday (97%), Sunday (85%), Monday (85%), Tuesday (100%) and Wednesday (98%). 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 15 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

100%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

50feels50

24%

Today

Oct 15

5337

100%

15mph

Fri

Oct 16

4941

100%

12mph

Sat

Oct 17

4836

97%

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

4735

85%

Mon

Oct 19

4633

85%

Tue

Oct 20

4934

100%

28mph

Wed

Oct 21

4636

98%

15mph

50°

53°37°

49°41°

48°36°

47°35°

46°33°

49°34°

46°36°

As of 10:00 PM in Yakutat Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: YAK
ICAO: PAYA
IATA: YAK
Field elevation: 33 ft
Serves: Yakutat
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: Yes
Its own instrument: PAYA
Wind now: Variable at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
02 / 20 unlit	6,475 ft	150 ft	Concrete	45° / 225°	-	-
11 / 29 unlit	7,732 ft	150 ft	Asphalt	135° / 315°	-	-

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Yakutat (PAYA), Yakutat Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

52 F at 7 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 44 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now: 52F; 7 PM
Highest: 52F; 5 PM
Lowest: 44F; 1 AM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 51 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 11 PM Wednesday to 100% at 4 PM.

Dew point now: 51F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 96%
Humidity, range: 79 to 100%

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

Wind

7 mph from the southeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 AM.

Now: 7mph; from the southeast
Strongest: 13mph; 4 AM
Highest gust: 22mph; 4 AM

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

Pressure

29.55 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.55inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: -0.03inHg; falling
24 hours: -0.29inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 12 PM; 4 miles now.

Now: 4mi
Lowest: 1mi; 12 PM
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 300 ft at 5 PM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 300ft; 5 PM
Hours with a base reported: 21

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

1.64 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 8 AM.

Last 24 hours: 1.64in
Wettest hour: 0.18in; 8 AM
Hours with some: 20

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

Yakutat: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Yakutat Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

YakutatPAYA

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/48 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Yakutat 3SSE - Tongass ForecastYUTA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/45 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Yakutat 3 SSE25382

At a climate reference station/0.9 mi away/26 ft/7 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Yakutat AirportYAK