Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Martin County Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (57%).
Now. Martin County Airport is 67° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (70%). Rain is possible Sunday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Martin County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Martin County (NC), 4 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 Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 24° / 204° | 0 mph head, on 03 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Williamston (MCZ), Martin County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 12 AM; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 10 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
Williamston: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Martin County 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 now3 instruments
WilliamstonMCZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/72 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Winsor - NC IFLOWSWNRN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.0 mi away/28 ft/48 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tidewater #1S2008
At a soil climate station/29.6 mi away/20 ft/56 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Robersonville 4.5 NNC-MT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/63 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilliamstonWLLN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/26 ft/50 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.