Temperature
69 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/
Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, North Carolina
Medium airport in Craven County, North CarolinaSpecial Weather Statement, in full
Patchy dense fog with visibilities of one quarter mile or less is possible early this morning. For those traveling, please allow extra time to reach your destination, and prepare for sudden reductions to visibility at times.
68°
83°/67°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Calm 1 mph S
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ until 5:30 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (80%).
Now. Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ is 68° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%). Rain is possible Sunday (48%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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.
0UV Low
19Air quality
100%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8367
15mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6759
80%
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6448
48%
24mph
Mon
Oct 19
6853
21%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
7153
15%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
7253
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
7155
11%
16mph
68°
83°67°
67°59°
64°48°
68°53°
71°53°
72°53°
71°55°
As of 4:00 AM in Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 14 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NKT
- ICAO
- KNKT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 29 ft
- Serves
- Cherry Point
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NKT
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 8,489 ft | 196 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | Calm | Calm |
| 05R / 23L | 8,189 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | Calm | Calm |
| 14L / 32R | 8,978 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
| 14R / 32L | 8,397 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cherry_Point_Mcas (NKT), Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 0.3 miles now.
- Now
- 0.3mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cherry_Point_Mcas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/30 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Croatan RAWSNPTN7
A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/30 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Havelock 1.9 SSENC-CN-93
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/23 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Newport/Morehead City WfoMHXN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/20 ft/9 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Newport/Morehead City Wfo (MHXN7), 8.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Havelockcity, 2 mi
- Cherry Branchcommunity, 4 mi
- Neuse Forestcommunity, 5 mi
- Minnesott Beachtown, 6 mi
- Newporttown, 7 mi
- Arapahoetown, 9 mi
- Brandywine Baycommunity, 11 mi
- Fairfield Harbourcommunity, 12 mi
- Broad Creekcommunity, 12 mi
- James Citycommunity, 13 mi
- Morehead Citytown, 14 mi
- Pine Knoll Shorestown, 15 mi
Airports near Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/
- Coastal Carolina Regional AirportEWN, 15 mi
- Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field BogueNJM, 17 mi
- Michael J. Smith FieldMRH, 17 mi
- MCAS New River / McCutcheon FieldNCA, 34 mi
- Albert J Ellis AirportOAJ, 42 mi
- Warren FieldOCW, 47 mi
- Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings FieldISO, 51 mi
- Pitt-Greenville AirportPGV, 58 mi