Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Simmons Army Air Field
Simmons Army Air Field, North Carolina
Medium airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina72°
91°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Calm 1 mph S
Now. Simmons Army Air Field is 72° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. Rain is likely Saturday (63%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
63Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9165
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8866
12%
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6357
63%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6045
32%
16mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6647
12%
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7250
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7252
UV 6
72°
91°65°
88°66°
63°57°
60°45°
66°47°
72°50°
72°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Simmons Army Air Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Simmons Army Air Field
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 5 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate6.2 mi
- Ozone30Good33 ppb9.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good6.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb9.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 62YesterdayOct 14
- 67TodayOct 15
- 67FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Simmons Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Simmons Army Air Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FBG
- ICAO
- KFBG
- IATA
- FBG
- Field elevation
- 244 ft
- Serves
- Fort Bragg
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FBG
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 4,121 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort_Bragg/Simmons (FBG), Simmons Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM to 93% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM
- 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
Fort_Bragg/Simmons: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Simmons Army Air 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/243 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Usfs Met STN At Fort BraggFBRN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.2 mi away/404 ft/160 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fayetteville 3.2 NNWNC-CM-134
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/202 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fayetteville RvrFAYN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/79 ft/165 ft below 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 Simmons Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spring Laketown, 4 mi
- Fayettevillecity, 5 mi
- Anderson Creekcommunity, 9 mi
- Eastovertown, 9 mi
- Vandercommunity, 11 mi
- Spout Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Hope Millstown, 11 mi
- Wadetown, 12 mi
- Rockfishcommunity, 12 mi
- Lindentown, 14 mi
- Barbecuecommunity, 15 mi
- Bunnlevelcommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Simmons Army Air Field
- Pope FieldPOB, 5 mi
- Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFAY, 10 mi
- Harnett Regional Jetport AirportHRJ, 21 mi
- Moore County AirportSOP, 27 mi
- Mackall Army Air FieldHFF, 32 mi
- Raleigh Executive JetportTTA, 33 mi
- Laurinburg Maxton AirportMEB, 34 mi
- Sampson County AirportCTZ, 34 mi