Temperature
72 F at 11 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field
Now. Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field is 71° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 62°. Rain is likely Saturday (69%). Rain is possible Sunday (34%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 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 day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lenoir County (NC), 7 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 11,498 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 2 mph head, on 05 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Kinston/Stallings (ISO), Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 11 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM to 100% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 7 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 1 PM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 10 PM; a base was reported in 2 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
Kinston/Stallings: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/95 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TrentonTRTN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/13 ft/80 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kinston 1.9 NWNC-LR-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/85 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lwr Cstl Plain Tobacco Research STNKNSN7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/56 ft/37 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.