Temperature
68 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Moore County Airport
Now. Moore County Airport is 69° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely Saturday (61%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Moore County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 30 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,503 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Southern_Pines_AWOS (SOP), Moore County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 2 PM to 100% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the south southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 PM, 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 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Southern_Pines_AWOS: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Moore County Airport, 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/463 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Horseshoe House RAWSHHRN7
A remote fire weather station/16.1 mi away/312 ft/143 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Whispering Pines 1.0 SWNC-MR-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/382 ft/73 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Water Treatment PltCTGN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/538 ft/83 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.