Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 77F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (76%).
Now. Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station is 68° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). Rain is possible Sunday (38%) and Monday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 49 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 7,219 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 92° / 272° | 6 mph head, on 10 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Elizabeth City (ECG), Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 12 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 9 AM Thursday to 90% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
4 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 15 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
Elizabeth City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elizabeth City RAWSELRN7
A remote fire weather station/8.3 mi away/16 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tidewater #1S2008
At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/20 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Elizabeth City 1.8 SENC-PS-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Waste Treatmt PlantEZCN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/6 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.