Temperature
64 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 87° today.
Now. Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport is 64° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 70): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 12 miles off.
Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,011 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | Calm | Calm |
| 10 / 28 | 9,020 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 96° / 276° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Montgomery/Dannelly (MGM), Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 6 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Montgomery/Dannelly: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/203 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Broad Acres ScanBDAA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.0 mi away/269 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Broad AcresS2177
At a soil climate station/20.0 mi away/269 ft/48 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Highland Home 2 S73802
At a climate reference station/27.4 mi away/614 ft/393 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Hope Hull 3SHOPA1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/234 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Montgomery 2.1 NNEAL-MY-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/321 ft/100 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.