Temperature
71 F at 8 PM; 85 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 85F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pinal Airpark, Arizona
Small airport in Pinal County, ArizonaHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east to southeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts 55 to 75 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory, east to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...From central Pima County eastward excluding northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 5 AM MST Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, from 5 AM to 2 PM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Gusty winds will blow around and damage unsecured objects. Strong and gusty winds over desert areas could result in blowing dust, briefly lowering visibility below a mile at times. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For the High Wind Warning the strongest winds are expected on the leeward (west and northwest) sides of the mountains. Terrain gaps and east-west oriented valleys will also be susceptible to strong winds.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
63°
86°/51°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 63°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Pinal Airpark until 5 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pinal Airpark is 63° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 68°, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 76°. Rain is possible Saturday (34%) and Wednesday (30%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 34 mph.
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 south. 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 25 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
63%Humidity
40%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
63feels63
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8651
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8267
34mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7663
34%
24mph
Sun
Oct 18
8162
16%
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8364
23%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8465
20%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8064
30%
13mph
UV 6
63°
86°51°
82°67°
76°63°
81°62°
83°64°
84°65°
80°64°
As of 11:00 PM in Pinal Airpark, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Pinal Airpark
Index 43, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rillito (AZ), 12 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-14.8 mi
- Ozone-14 ppb1.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)43Good1.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 96, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 16YesterdayOct 14
- 24TodayOct 15
- 96FriOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pinal Airpark
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pinal Airpark, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MZJ
- ICAO
- KMZJ
- IATA
- MZJ
- Field elevation
- 1,893 ft
- Serves
- Marana
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MZJ
- Wind now
- From 80° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:10
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 6,849 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 3 mph head, on 12 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pinal Airpark (MZJ), Pinal Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 36% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 3 PM to 81% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 36%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 81%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the west at 8 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 14 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 14mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 3 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 3 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 2,900 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Pinal Airpark: 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 Pinal Airpark, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,873 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Az Tucson 11 WSDMA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/2,740 ft/847 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tucson 11 W53131
At a climate reference station/21.7 mi away/2,733 ft/840 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marana 6.9 WSWAZ-PM-207
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/1,972 ft/79 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Picacho 8 SEPICA3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/1,981 ft/88 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Pinal Airpark
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Red Rockcommunity, 4 mi
- Avra Valleycommunity, 6 mi
- Nelsoncommunity, 7 mi
- Rillitocommunity, 12 mi
- Picture Rockscommunity, 14 mi
- Maranatown, 15 mi
- Picachocommunity, 17 mi
- Casas Adobescommunity, 21 mi
- Oro Valleytown, 21 mi
- Eloycity, 22 mi
- Tucson Mountainscommunity, 23 mi
- Flowing Wellscommunity, 24 mi
Airports near Pinal Airpark
- Marana Regional AirportAVQ, 10 mi
- Ryan FieldRYN, 27 mi
- Coolidge Municipal AirportP08, 30 mi
- Davis Monthan Air Force BaseDMA, 35 mi
- Tucson International AirportTUS, 36 mi
- Casa Grande Municipal AirportCGZ, 40 mi
- San Manuel AirportE77, 41 mi
- Ak-Chin Regional AirportA39, 48 mi