CottonwoodP52
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,540 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cottonwood Airport until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cottonwood Airport is 64° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%) and Wednesday (63%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Cottonwood Airport, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 56, moderate, Thu 9 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,250 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 3 mph head, on 32 | 4 mph from the right |
The 5 instruments nearest Cottonwood 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
CottonwoodP52
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,540 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CherryCHEA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/5,174 ft/1,624 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-17 @ 277.9: Oxtail DrawAZT22
Beside a road/15.5 mi away/4,446 ft/896 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cottonwood 1.9 WSWAZ-YV-229
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/3,579 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TuzigootTNMA3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/3,396 ft/154 ft below 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.