Temperature
72 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Coastal Carolina Regional Airport
Special Weather Statement, in full
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Coastal Carolina Regional Airport until 5:30 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (73%).
Now. Coastal Carolina Regional Airport is 71° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (73%). Rain is possible Sunday (48%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 28 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
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 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,452 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 4,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from New_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS) (EWN), Coastal Carolina Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 1 PM Thursday to 93% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 2 AM, steady 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 AM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 7 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
The 4 instruments nearest Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/20 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New Bern RAWS NcNBRN7
A remote fire weather station/4.2 mi away/20 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Bern 2.9 SSENC-CN-118
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/12 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PerrytownPYTN7
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/36 ft/18 ft above 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.