Temperature
73 F at 9 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 9 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, Kentucky
Medium airport in Pulaski County, Kentucky70°
70°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Gentle breeze 8 mph WSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 70° today.
Now. Lake Cumberland Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 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. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
4Air quality
69%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7062
43%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5642
12%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6336
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6638
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6839
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7141
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7343
UV 6
70°
70°62°
56°42°
63°36°
66°38°
68°39°
71°41°
73°43°
As of 9:00 AM in Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Lake Cumberland Regional Airport
Index 4, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 58 miles off.
4Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-3.3 mi
- Ozone4Good29 ppb3.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Cumberland Regional Airport
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.78in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SME
- ICAO
- KSME
- IATA
- SME
- Field elevation
- 927 ft
- Serves
- Somerset
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SME
- Wind now
- From 250° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 09:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,801 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Somerset(AWOS) (SME), Lake Cumberland Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 9 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west southwest at 9 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 9 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 9 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 10 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 300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Somerset(AWOS): 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 Lake Cumberland 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/928 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Swag 4E RAWSBSGK2
A remote fire weather station/16.4 mi away/1,388 ft/461 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KY-90 at mile 12.708_90_0127
Beside a road/18.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Somerset 2.8 SWKY-PL-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/996 ft/69 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JamestownJMTK2
At a cooperative observer's station/25.6 mi away/915 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Lake Cumberland Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fergusoncity, 1 mi
- Somersetcity, 3 mi
- Burnsidecity, 4 mi
- Science Hillcity, 9 mi
- Eubankcity, 16 mi
- Monticellocity, 20 mi
- Whitley Citycommunity, 24 mi
- Jamestowncity, 25 mi
- Libertycity, 26 mi
- Stearnscommunity, 26 mi
- Mount Vernoncity, 26 mi
- Russell Springscity, 26 mi
Airports near Lake Cumberland Regional Airport
- Wayne County AirportEKQ, 19 mi
- Russell County AirportK24, 27 mi
- Williamsburg Whitley County AirportBYL, 29 mi
- London-Corbin Airport/Magee FieldLOZ, 29 mi
- Stuart Powell FieldDVK, 37 mi
- Central Kentucky Regional AirportRGA, 43 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 44 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 53 mi