Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 84° today.
Now. Wendell H Ford Airport is 71° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 75°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely Saturday (62%). Rain is possible tomorrow (42%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Wendell H Ford Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
2.05 in in the last 24 hours, 2.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 3,246 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | - | - |
| 14 / 32 | 5,499 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Wendell H Ford (CPF), Wendell H Ford Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.25 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wendell H Ford: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Wendell H Ford Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,212 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KY-15 at mile 13.310_15_013.3
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/14.6 mi away/1,345 ft/89 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hazard 7.6 NWKY-PR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/962 ft/294 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hazard - Water PlantHAZK2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/1,152 ft/104 ft below 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.