Airports/North Carolina/Mount Airy Surry County Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 83° today.
Now. Mount Airy Surry County Airport is 66° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Mount Airy Surry County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 36 miles off.
Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Mount_Airy/Surry_County_Aprt (MWK), Mount Airy Surry County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
74 F at 9 PM Thursday; 85 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.12 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,200 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 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 Mount Airy Surry County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Mount_Airy/Surry_County_AprtMWK
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,247 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Raven Knob RAWSRAVN7
A remote fire weather station/16.9 mi away/1,385 ft/136 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Airy 4.2 ESENC-SR-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,294 ft/45 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mount Airy 2 WMTAN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/1,070 ft/179 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mount Airy 2 W (MTAN7), 6.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.