Airports/North Carolina/Laurinburg Maxton Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 86° today.
Now. Laurinburg Maxton Airport is 68° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Laurinburg Maxton Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 33 miles off.
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,503 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 46° / 226° | 3 mph head, on 23 | None |
| 13 / 31 | 3,536 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 0 mph head, on 13 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS) (MEB), Laurinburg Maxton Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 11 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 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 Laurinburg Maxton 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
Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS)MEB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/220 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PembrokePMBN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/164 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Maxton 3.5 NENC-RB-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/216 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Water PlantLAUN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/217 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Water Plant (LAUN7), 6.4 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.