Temperature
71 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Curtis L Brown Jr Field
Curtis L Brown Jr Field, North Carolina
Small airport in Bladen County, North Carolina70°
88°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 88° today.
Now. Curtis L Brown Jr Field is 70° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (62%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
63Air quality
94%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8864
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6556
62%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6244
32%
15mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6747
13%
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7149
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7251
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7251
mostly clear day
70°
88°64°
65°56°
62°44°
67°47°
71°49°
72°51°
72°51°
As of 12:00 AM in Curtis L Brown Jr Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Curtis L Brown Jr Field
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 37 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 62YesterdayOct 14
- 67TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Curtis L Brown Jr Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Curtis L Brown Jr Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EYF
- ICAO
- KEYF
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 131 ft
- Serves
- Elizabethtown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EYF
- Wind now
- From 200° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 5,006 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 3 mph head, on 15 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_Field (EYF), Curtis L Brown Jr Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Curtis L Brown Jr Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Elizabethtown/Curtis_Brown_FieldEYF
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/131 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ElizabethtownTURN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/89 ft/42 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Elizabethtown 2.7 NENC-BD-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/71 ft/60 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Elizabethtown 3 SWELZN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/131 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Curtis L Brown Jr Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Elizabethtowntown, 2 mi
- White Laketown, 5 mi
- Clarktontown, 9 mi
- Dublintown, 9 mi
- White Oakcommunity, 12 mi
- Bladenborotown, 13 mi
- Tar Heeltown, 15 mi
- Butterscommunity, 16 mi
- Garlandtown, 17 mi
- Kellycommunity, 18 mi
- Ivanhoecommunity, 19 mi
- Hallsborocommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Curtis L Brown Jr Field
- Columbus County Municipal AirportCPC, 24 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 27 mi
- Sampson County AirportCTZ, 29 mi
- Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFAY, 32 mi
- Henderson FieldACZ, 34 mi
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 42 mi
- Duplin County AirportDPL, 44 mi
- Wilmington International AirportILM, 45 mi