Temperature
46 F at 4 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Moose Lake Carlton County Airport is 45° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 54 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Moose Lake Carlton County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 24 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,200 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 11 mph head, on 04 | 13 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Moose Lake (MZH), Moose Lake Carlton County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 4 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 43 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 5 AM Thursday to 96% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.12 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Moose Lake: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Moose Lake Carlton County 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 now4 instruments
Moose LakeMZH
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,076 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Moose Lake RAWSMZHM5
A remote fire weather station/0.2 mi away/1,060 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/4.3 mi away/1,096 ft/20 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sandstone 6 W54932
At a climate reference station/23.1 mi away/1,130 ft/54 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sturgeon Lake 2.1 NEMN-PN-57
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,094 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SandstoneSNDM5
At a cooperative observer's station/23.0 mi away/1,129 ft/53 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.