Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 67° today.
Now. Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 51 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Fleming (SYM), Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
75 F at 7 PM Thursday; 79 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 73 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 5 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.00 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 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
Fleming: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas 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
FlemingSYM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,077 ft/49 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Triangle MountainTRMK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/1,375 ft/347 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KY-9000 at mile 3310_9000_33
Beside a road/29.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
AD4Y Hillsboro 4.0 ESEKY-FM-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,074 ft/46 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cave Run LakeCRLK2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/814 ft/214 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cave Run Lake (CRLK2), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 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.