Airports/North Carolina/MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (56%).
Now. MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field is 59° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Tuesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). Rain is possible Sunday (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lenoir County (NC), 38 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 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,789 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 0° / 180° | 1 mph head, on 01 | 3 mph from the right |
| 05 / 23 | 5,125 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 2 mph head, on 05 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from New_River_Mcas (NCA), MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 10 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 13,000 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 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
New_River_Mcas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/26 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/-3 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jacksonville 5.4 WSWNC-ON-141
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/46 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Jacksonville E0CJEON7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/66 ft/40 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
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