Temperature
72 F at 1 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 79F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Julian Carroll Airport, Kentucky
Medium airport in Breathitt County, Kentucky71°
72°/63°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 72° today.
Now. Julian Carroll Airport is 71° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
87%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
71feels71
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
7263
42%
Sat
Oct 17
5243
52%
Sun
Oct 18
5936
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6338
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6541
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6744
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6945
UV 6
71°
72°63°
52°43°
59°36°
63°38°
65°41°
67°44°
69°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Julian Carroll Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Julian Carroll Airport
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 22 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate21.9 mi
- Ozone1Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Julian Carroll Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 1.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 10%
Visibility
How far you can see at Julian Carroll Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JKL
- ICAO
- KJKL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,381 ft
- Serves
- Jackson
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JKL
- Wind now
- From 220° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,400 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 8° / 188° | 3 mph head, on 19 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jackson/J. Carroll (JKL), Julian Carroll Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 8 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.16 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jackson/J. Carroll: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Julian Carroll 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/1,381 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jackson Julian Carroll AirportJCAK2
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,339 ft/42 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KY-30 at mile 1510_30_0015
Beside a road/4.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vancleve 4.1 ENEKY-BE-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/789 ft/592 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ag StationOSDK2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/810 ft/571 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ag Station (OSDK2), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:38. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AshlandcityBlack MountainfeatureBowling GreencityCorbincityCovingtoncityDaniel Boone National ForestfeatureElizabethtowncityFrankfortcityHopkinsvillecityLexingtoncityLondoncityLouisvillecityMammoth Cave National ParkfeatureMiddlesborocityMurraycityOwensborocityPaducahcityPikevillecityRed River GorgefeatureRichmondcitySomersetcity
Near Julian Carroll Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jacksoncity, 4 mi
- Hazel Greencommunity, 15 mi
- Camptoncity, 16 mi
- Salyersvillecity, 17 mi
- Buckhorncity, 19 mi
- Boonevillecity, 21 mi
- Beattyvillecity, 21 mi
- Ezelcommunity, 22 mi
- West Libertycity, 22 mi
- Combscommunity, 23 mi
- Daniel Boone National Forestfeature, 24 mi
- Hazardcity, 25 mi
Airports near Julian Carroll Airport
- Wendell H Ford AirportCPF, 15 mi
- Big Sandy Regional AirportSJS, 39 mi
- Pike County Airport Hatcher FieldPBX, 41 mi
- Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional AirportSYM, 45 mi
- Mount Sterling Montgomery County AirportIOB, 48 mi
- Tucker Guthrie Memorial AirportI35, 51 mi
- London-Corbin Airport/Magee FieldLOZ, 55 mi
- Central Kentucky Regional AirportRGA, 56 mi