Airports/North Carolina/Asheboro Regional Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM (54%).
Now. Asheboro Regional Airport is 63° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 66): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest Sunday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (51%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 4:00 AM in Asheboro Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 22 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Asheboro_Muni_Arpt (HBI), Asheboro Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
79 F at 6 PM Thursday; 86 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 6 PM Thursday; at its strongest 4 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 6 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Asheboro_Muni_Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Asheboro Regional Airport, 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/673 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.9 mi away/512 ft/159 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Asheboro 6.3 WSWNC-RN-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/562 ft/109 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Asheboro CoopASBN7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/732 ft/61 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.