Airports/North Carolina/First Flight Airport
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for First Flight Airport until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (85%).
Now. First Flight Airport is 69° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° 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. Highs stay close to 67° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (85%). Rain is possible Sunday (48%), Monday (47%) and Tuesday (34%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 35 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 12:00 AM in First Flight Airport, North Carolina.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 24° / 204° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Kill_Devil_Hills (FFA), First Flight Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 11 PM Thursday; 76 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 1 AM Thursday to 95% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 11 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 PM Thursday, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 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
Kill_Devil_Hills: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest First Flight Airport, 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/13 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Currituck Sound 1 S Outer Bank Center for Wildlife Education CorOBCN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.2 mi away/0 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kill Devil Hills 0.9 NWNC-DR-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/6 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManteoMNTN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/16 ft/3 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.