Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 85 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 85F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 75° today.
Now. Williamsburg Whitley County Airport is 68° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Williamsburg Whitley County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 30 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,499 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 18° / 198° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Williamsburg (BYL), Williamsburg Whitley County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 12 AM; 85 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 12 AM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,700 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 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
Williamsburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Williamsburg Whitley County 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
WilliamsburgBYL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,161 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-75 at mile 1511_75_0015
Beside a road/1.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big Swag 4E RAWSBSGK2
A remote fire weather station/13.5 mi away/1,388 ft/210 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Williamsburg 6.5 NNWKY-WH-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,191 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StearnsSTRK2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/1,266 ft/88 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Stearns (STRK2), 18.0 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.