Temperature
58 F at 1 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 58F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field, Maryland
Small airport in Carroll County, Maryland58°
79°/56°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 58°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (61%).
Now. Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field is 58° and light drizzle at 2 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
now, drizzle light
Today
Oct 16
7956
76%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5146
38%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5534
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5837
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6342
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6345
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6144
mostly clear day
58°
79°56°
51°46°
55°34°
58°37°
63°42°
63°45°
61°44°
As of 2:00 AM in Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Maryland Piedmont (MD), 19 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good14 ppb11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.7 ppb21.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.
GoodModerate
- 33TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 38%
Visibility
How far you can see at Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DMW
- ICAO
- KDMW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 789 ft
- Serves
- Westminster
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DMW
- Wind now
- From 180° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,100 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | 8 mph head, on 16 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Westminster (DMW), Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 58 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 58F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the south at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 3 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 5 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 5 PM 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 400 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Westminster: 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 Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage 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
WestminsterDMW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/789 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MD-140 at MD-526MD018
Beside a road/1.3 mi away/789 ft/level with here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Catoctin Mountain Raws Near Foxville 1NeFOXM2
A remote fire weather station/26.0 mi away/1,453 ft/664 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Westminster 1.2 NEMD-CR-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/778 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MillersMLLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/814 ft/25 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maryland
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Westminstercity, 2 mi
- New Windsortown, 7 mi
- Manchestertown, 7 mi
- Hampsteadtown, 8 mi
- Taneytowncity, 9 mi
- Union Bridgetown, 9 mi
- Eldersburgcommunity, 15 mi
- Reisterstowncommunity, 15 mi
- Libertytowncommunity, 15 mi
- Sykesvilletown, 17 mi
- Woodsborotown, 17 mi
- Mount Airytown, 18 mi
Airports near Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field
- Frederick Municipal AirportFDK, 24 mi
- Montgomery County AirparkGAI, 32 mi
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportBWI, 35 mi
- Martin State AirportMTN, 37 mi
- Fort Meade Executive AirportFME, 38 mi
- Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson FieldHGR, 39 mi
- Harford County Airport0W3, 43 mi
- College Park AirportCGS, 44 mi