Temperature
67 F at 2 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Mackall Army Air Field
Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina
Small airport in Richmond County, North Carolina66°
88°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM (50%).
Now. Mackall Army Air Field is 66° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. Rain is likely tomorrow (60%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
66Air quality
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8863
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6353
60%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
23%
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6643
11%
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7146
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7248
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7248
mostly clear day
66°
88°63°
63°53°
60°41°
66°43°
71°46°
72°48°
72°48°
As of 3:00 AM in Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Mackall Army Air Field
Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 31 miles off.
66Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate24.5 mi
- Ozone30Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mackall Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Mackall Army Air Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HFF
- ICAO
- KHFF
- IATA
- HFF
- Field elevation
- 376 ft
- Serves
- Hoffman
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HFF
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 4,996 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | Calm | Calm |
| 11 / 29 | 4,740 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 109° / 289° | Calm | Calm |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 5,529 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 163° / 343° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mackall_AAF (HFF), Mackall Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 3 PM Thursday to 98% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the west southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 2 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- 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
Mackall_AAF: 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 Mackall Army Air 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
Mackall_AAFHFF
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/377 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RockinghamRKGN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/394 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pinebluff 1.9 SSWNC-MR-60
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/395 ft/19 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Jackson Springs 3WSWJKSN7
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/591 ft/215 ft above 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 Mackall Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hoffmantown, 3 mi
- Pineblufftown, 5 mi
- Deercroftcommunity, 6 mi
- Ashley Heightscommunity, 8 mi
- Aberdeentown, 8 mi
- Five Pointscommunity, 9 mi
- Foxfirevillage, 10 mi
- Pinehurstvillage, 11 mi
- Southern Pinestown, 12 mi
- Taylortowntown, 13 mi
- Wagramtown, 13 mi
- Bowmorecommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Mackall Army Air Field
- Moore County AirportSOP, 15 mi
- Richmond County AirportRCZ, 18 mi
- Laurinburg Maxton AirportMEB, 18 mi
- Pope FieldPOB, 29 mi
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 32 mi
- Anson County Airport - Jeff Cloud FieldAFP, 33 mi
- Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFAY, 35 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 39 mi