Temperature
55 F at 6 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 4 PM Friday, and 55 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 4 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Smith Reynolds Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 79% around 8 AM.
Now. Smith Reynolds Airport is 54° and light rain at 7 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:46 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Smith Reynolds Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 90, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,938 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 14 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 6,655 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 15 mph head, on 33 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Winston-Salem/Smith_(ASOS) (INT), Smith Reynolds Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 6 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 4 PM Friday, and 55 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 51 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 4 PM Friday to 99% at 9 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the north northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 10 PM Friday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.1 miles at 8 AM Friday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 8 AM Friday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 11 PM Friday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Smith Reynolds 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/971 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LexingtonLXFN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/748 ft/221 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winston-Salem 4.2 NNENC-FR-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/994 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PfafftownPFAN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/883 ft/86 ft below 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.