Temperature
68 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 81F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
High Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Ryan Field 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. Ryan Field is 74° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° 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 Monday, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 77°. Rain is possible Saturday (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 40 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Ryan Field, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 17 miles off.
Highest 56, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06L / 24R unlit | 4,900 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 69° / 249° | - | - |
| 06R / 24L | 5,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 69° / 249° | - | - |
| 15 / 33 unlit | 4,010 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Tucson/Ryan Fld (RYN), Ryan Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 49% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 2 PM to 76% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the west northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.96 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tucson/Ryan Fld: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Ryan Field, 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/2,418 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tucson 11 W53131
At a climate reference station/6.1 mi away/2,733 ft/316 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Az Tucson 11 WSDMA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/2,740 ft/323 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tucson 14.6 WSWAZ-PM-422
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/2,477 ft/60 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Az Tucson 11 WSDMA3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/2,740 ft/323 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.