Mc PhersonMPR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,493 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 63° today.
Now. Mc Pherson Airport is 53° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:59 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Mc Pherson Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 49 miles off.
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,502 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 89° / 269° | 6 mph head, on 26 | 11 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,503 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 186° / 6° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 8 mph from the left |
The 5 instruments nearest Mc Pherson 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
Mc PhersonMPR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,493 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
K-61 @ K-153 Interchange McPhersonK5MCP
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/1,495 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cottonwood River AT Marion ReservoirMLBK1
At a reservoir/33.0 mi away/1,345 ft/153 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
McPherson 0.8 SWKS-MP-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,499 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McphersonMCPK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/1,512 ft/14 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.