Temperature
67 F at 4 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Pope Field
Pope Field, North Carolina
Medium airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina67°
87°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 86% around 9 AM.
Now. Pope Field is 67° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 71): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (86%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
71Air quality
100%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
67feels67
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8766
15%
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6153
86%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5943
13%
17mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6445
18%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
7048
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7150
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
7051
11%
12mph
67°
87°66°
61°53°
59°43°
64°45°
70°48°
71°50°
70°51°
As of 5:00 AM in Pope Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Pope Field
Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 9 miles off.
71Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate9.4 mi
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good9.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 65YesterdayOct 15
- 67TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pope Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Pope Field, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- POB
- ICAO
- KPOB
- IATA
- POB
- Field elevation
- 217 ft
- Serves
- Fort Bragg
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- POB
- Wind now
- From 230° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 049 / 229 unlit | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
| 05 / 23 | 7,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 41° / 221° | 3 mph head, on 23 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pope_AFB (POB), Pope Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM Thursday to 98% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Pope_AFB: 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 Pope 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
Pope_AFBPOB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/217 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Usfs Met STN At Fort BraggFBRN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/404 ft/187 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Bragg 2.0 NNC-CM-107
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/232 ft/15 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fayetteville RvrFAYN7
At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/79 ft/138 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 Pope Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spring Laketown, 2 mi
- Spout Springscommunity, 7 mi
- Anderson Creekcommunity, 7 mi
- Fayettevillecity, 8 mi
- Barbecuecommunity, 11 mi
- Rockfishcommunity, 13 mi
- Eastovertown, 14 mi
- Hope Millstown, 14 mi
- Vandercommunity, 16 mi
- Wadetown, 16 mi
- Lindentown, 16 mi
- Vasstown, 16 mi
Airports near Pope Field
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 5 mi
- Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis FieldFAY, 15 mi
- Harnett Regional Jetport AirportHRJ, 21 mi
- Moore County AirportSOP, 22 mi
- Mackall Army Air FieldHFF, 29 mi
- Raleigh Executive JetportTTA, 29 mi
- Laurinburg Maxton AirportMEB, 33 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 39 mi