Temperature
73 F at 12 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 77F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Big Sandy Regional Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Martin County, Kentucky72°
75°/68°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 75° today.
Now. Big Sandy Regional Airport is 72° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 54): 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 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
94%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
72feels72
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7568
51%
Sat
Oct 17
5345
69%
Sun
Oct 18
6037
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6439
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6642
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6743
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6944
mostly clear day
72°
75°68°
53°45°
60°37°
64°39°
66°42°
67°43°
69°44°
As of 12:00 AM in Big Sandy Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Big Sandy Regional Airport
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 19 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate19.3 mi
- Ozone6Good1 ppb19.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Sandy Regional Airport
0.97 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.97in
- Last 3 days
- 1.80in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 54%
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Sandy Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SJS
- ICAO
- KSJS
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,221 ft
- Serves
- Debord
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SJS
- Wind now
- From 190° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,051 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 5 mph head, on 21 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Big Sandy (SJS), Big Sandy Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 83% at 5 PM Thursday to 99% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 83 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.42 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.29 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.42in
- Wettest hour
- 0.29in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Big Sandy: 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 Big Sandy Regional 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
Big SandySJS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,194 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Sandy Regional AirportBSAK2
At an airfield/3.1 mi away/1,122 ft/99 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KY-80 at mile 14.412_302_000.1
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Prestonsburg 3.6 NNEKY-FD-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/943 ft/278 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Drainage Basin-Big Sandy #1PNVK2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/620 ft/601 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 Drainage Basin-Big Sandy #1 (PNVK2), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Big Sandy Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Auxiercommunity, 7 mi
- Van Learcommunity, 7 mi
- West Van Learcommunity, 9 mi
- Prestonsburgcity, 9 mi
- Inezcity, 10 mi
- Dwalecommunity, 10 mi
- Paintsvillecity, 10 mi
- Allencity, 11 mi
- Warfieldcity, 13 mi
- Betsy Laynecommunity, 14 mi
- Martincity, 14 mi
- Coal Run Villagecity, 16 mi
Airports near Big Sandy Regional Airport
- Pike County Airport Hatcher FieldPBX, 14 mi
- Julian Carroll AirportJKL, 39 mi
- Wendell H Ford AirportCPF, 42 mi
- Ashland Regional AirportDWU, 56 mi
- Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional AirportSYM, 61 mi
- Tucker Guthrie Memorial AirportI35, 73 mi
- Mount Sterling Montgomery County AirportIOB, 76 mi
- Fleming Mason AirportFGX, 81 mi