Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 80 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 71 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 80F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 71F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Billy Mitchell Airport
Billy Mitchell Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Dare County, North Carolina* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. Waves currently forecast to peak at 10 to 12 feet Sunday. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 2 PM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There is potential that high surf advisory criteria could last through much of the upcoming work-week.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
71°
79°/70°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Calm 0 mph NE
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for Billy Mitchell Airport until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM (76%).
Now. Billy Mitchell Airport is 71° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 72°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. Rain is likely Saturday (85%), Sunday (66%) and Monday (55%). Rain is possible Tuesday (43%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
7970
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8070
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7161
85%
24mph
Sun
Oct 18
7056
66%
29mph
Mon
Oct 19
7159
55%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
7059
43%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7059
25%
16mph
71°
79°70°
80°70°
71°61°
70°56°
71°59°
70°59°
70°59°
As of 11:00 PM in Billy Mitchell Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Billy Mitchell Airport
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 65 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 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 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Billy Mitchell Airport
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 Billy Mitchell Airport, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HSE
- ICAO
- KHSE
- IATA
- HNC
- Field elevation
- 17 ft
- Serves
- Hatteras
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HSE
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 unlit | 3,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 56° / 236° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hatteras_(ASOS) (HSE), Billy Mitchell Airport'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 69% at 10 AM to 93% at 10 PM.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 6 PM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 6 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 11 PM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 11 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Hatteras_(ASOS): 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 Billy Mitchell Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/10 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.6 mi away/3 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Frisco 0.3 ENC-DR-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/5 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Frisco 2NNEFCON7
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/3 ft/14 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 Billy Mitchell Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Billy Mitchell Airport
- Hyde County Airport7W6, 30 mi
- Dare County Regional AirportMQI, 48 mi
- First Flight AirportFFA, 54 mi
- Michael J. Smith FieldMRH, 68 mi
- Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/NKT, 75 mi
- Northeastern Regional AirportEDE, 77 mi
- Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air StationECG, 78 mi
- Coastal Carolina Regional AirportEWN, 81 mi