Temperature
80 F at 5 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 80F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Albert J Ellis Airport
Albert J Ellis Airport, North Carolina
Medium airport in Onslow County, North Carolina80°
86°/64°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 83°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 7 PM.
Now. Albert J Ellis Airport is 80° and mostly clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%). Rain is possible Sunday (35%) and Monday (45%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 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 day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
67%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
80feels83
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8664
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6353
96%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6143
35%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6347
45%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6748
22%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7050
21%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
6951
23%
13mph
80°
86°64°
63°53°
61°43°
63°47°
67°48°
70°50°
69°51°
As of 6:00 PM in Albert J Ellis Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Albert J Ellis Airport
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Lenoir County (NC), 28 miles off.
38Good
- Ozone38Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
- 40MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Albert J Ellis Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. 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 Albert J Ellis Airport, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OAJ
- ICAO
- KOAJ
- IATA
- OAJ
- Field elevation
- 94 ft
- Serves
- Richlands
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- OAJ
- Wind now
- From 190° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 7,100 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 10 mph head, on 23 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jacksonville_(AWOS) (OAJ), Albert J Ellis Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 2 PM to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the south at 6 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.87 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.87inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.21inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 4 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 8
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 1 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
Jacksonville_(AWOS): 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 Albert J Ellis 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/95 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/-3 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Richlands 3.4 SSWNC-ON-165
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/62 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RichlandsRILN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/79 ft/15 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Albert J Ellis Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Richlandstown, 6 mi
- Half Mooncommunity, 9 mi
- Potters Hillcommunity, 11 mi
- Beulavilletown, 11 mi
- Chinquapincommunity, 12 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 13 mi
- Pumpkin Centercommunity, 14 mi
- Piney Greencommunity, 17 mi
- Pink Hilltown, 17 mi
- Greeneverstown, 18 mi
- Trentontown, 22 mi
- Kenansvilletown, 22 mi
Airports near Albert J Ellis Airport
- MCAS New River / McCutcheon FieldNCA, 13 mi
- Henderson FieldACZ, 24 mi
- Duplin County AirportDPL, 24 mi
- Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field BogueNJM, 34 mi
- Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings FieldISO, 35 mi
- Mount Olive Municipal AirportW40, 36 mi
- Coastal Carolina Regional AirportEWN, 36 mi
- Seymour Johnson Air Force BaseGSB, 40 mi