Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport
Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Brunswick County, North Carolina72°
82°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (58%).
Now. Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport is 72° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
93%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8268
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7059
59%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6547
29%
24mph
Mon
Oct 19
6951
16%
21mph
Tue
Oct 20
7252
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7353
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
7354
16mph
72°
82°68°
70°59°
65°47°
69°51°
72°52°
73°53°
73°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 26 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 71YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport
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 Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport, the next 42 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
- SUT
- ICAO
- KSUT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 24 ft
- Serves
- Southport
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SUT
- Wind now
- From 240° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,505 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Southport/Brunswick (SUT), Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 72 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM Thursday to 94% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 72F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the west southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
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
Southport/Brunswick: 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 Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field 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/26 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kure BeachSUNN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/24 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Southport 3.2 WNWNC-BR-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/32 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ag STNSHAN7
At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/23 ft/1 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 Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Caswell Beachtown, 2 mi
- St. Jamestown, 2 mi
- Oak Islandtown, 3 mi
- Southportcity, 3 mi
- Bald Head Islandvillage, 7 mi
- Boiling Spring Lakescity, 8 mi
- Varnamtowntown, 9 mi
- Boliviatown, 10 mi
- Kure Beachtown, 11 mi
- Carolina Beachtown, 12 mi
- Holden Beachtown, 13 mi
- Sea Breezecommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport
- Wilmington International AirportILM, 26 mi
- Columbus County Municipal AirportCPC, 44 mi
- Henderson FieldACZ, 55 mi
- Curtis L Brown Jr FieldEYF, 55 mi
- MCAS New River / McCutcheon FieldNCA, 65 mi
- Albert J Ellis AirportOAJ, 68 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 73 mi
- Sampson County AirportCTZ, 74 mi