Temperature
68 F at 1 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Triangle North Executive Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (70%).
Now. Triangle North Executive Airport is 67° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (76%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Triangle North Executive Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Granville County (NC), 27 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,498 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 0 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_Arpt (LHZ), Triangle North Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 1 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 6 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 9 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
The 4 instruments nearest Triangle North Executive 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
Louisburg/Franklin_Cnty_ArptLHZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/371 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nashville - Stony Creek at WashSTYN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/154 ft/215 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Louisburg 7.2 SWNC-FK-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/346 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/200 ft/169 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.