Temperature
61 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (72%).
Now. Easton Airport / Newnam Field is 60° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Easton Airport / Newnam Field, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 4,003 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Easton (ESN), Easton Airport / Newnam Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 60 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 9 AM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the east southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 7 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 1 AM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,900 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 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
Easton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Easton Airport / Newnam 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
EastonESN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/72 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US 50E at MD 331MD121
Beside a road/2.2 mi away/49 ft/23 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/3 ft/69 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Easton 0.4 SMD-TB-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/38 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Royal Oak 2SSWROYM2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/5 ft/67 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.