Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 74% around 8 PM.
Now. Phillips Army Air Field is 59° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (47%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Phillips Army Air Field, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Maryland (MD), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,998 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Phillips AAF/Aberdn (APG), Phillips Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 3 PM Thursday; 66 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 12 PM Thursday to 76% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 3 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.16 inHg at 3 PM Thursday, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 9,000 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 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
Phillips AAF/Aberdn: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Phillips Army Air Field, 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/59 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-40 W at MD-132MD108
Beside a road/3.0 mi away/79 ft/22 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Susquehanna RAWSSSQM2
A remote fire weather station/9.8 mi away/338 ft/281 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Abingdon 1.7 EMD-HR-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/-6 ft/63 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ConowingoCNWM2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/23 ft/34 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.