Temperature
46 F at 8 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 54F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 30F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Flagstaff Pulliam Airport until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Flagstaff Pulliam Airport is 46° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 14 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 6 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 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 54°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Saturday (47%), Sunday (43%) and Monday (38%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
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. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Flagstaff (AZ), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 129, unhealthy for sensitive groups, Sat 4 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 8,800 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 17 mph head, on 03 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Flagstaff - Pulliam (FLG), Flagstaff Pulliam Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 8 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 12 PM to 92% at 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
17 mph from the northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 49 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.42 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,600 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Flagstaff - Pulliam: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/7,011 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/0.5 mi away/7,014 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/7,278 ft/264 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Flagstaff 2.7 SSWAZ-CN-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/6,971 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Flagstaff 4 SWFLSA3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/7,110 ft/96 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.