Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Raleigh Executive Jetport
Raleigh Executive Jetport, North Carolina
Small airport in Lee County, North Carolina65°
88°/61°
Fog·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph SE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 28 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 88° today.
Now. Raleigh Executive Jetport is 65° and fog at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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
57Air quality
100%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
65feels65
now, fog
Today
Oct 16
8861
25%
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6049
61%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5939
24%
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6440
12%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7043
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7045
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6945
mostly clear day
65°
88°61°
60°49°
59°39°
64°40°
70°43°
70°45°
69°45°
As of 1:00 AM in Raleigh Executive Jetport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Raleigh Executive Jetport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 27 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate24.8 mi
- Ozone26Good24 ppb24.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good24.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- 71TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Raleigh Executive Jetport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Raleigh Executive Jetport, the next 44 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TTA
- ICAO
- KTTA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 246 ft
- Serves
- Sanford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TTA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 6,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sanford - Lee County (TTA), Raleigh Executive Jetport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 0.5 miles now.
- Now
- 0.5mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Sanford - Lee County: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Raleigh Executive Jetport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/240 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Horseshoe House RAWSHHRN7
A remote fire weather station/17.6 mi away/312 ft/66 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Durham 11 W03758
At a climate reference station/26.7 mi away/562 ft/316 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wtr Tr PltSFDN7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/264 ft/18 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sanford 6.0 NNC-LE-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/320 ft/74 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Raleigh Executive Jetport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Moncurecommunity, 4 mi
- Sanfordcity, 9 mi
- Broadwaytown, 9 mi
- Gulfcommunity, 10 mi
- Pittsborotown, 11 mi
- Goldstontown, 13 mi
- Mamerscommunity, 15 mi
- Fearrington Villagecommunity, 15 mi
- Holly Springstown, 16 mi
- Apextown, 17 mi
- Briar Chapelcommunity, 17 mi
- Fuquay-Varinatown, 18 mi
Airports near Raleigh Executive Jetport
- Siler City Municipal AirportSCR, 24 mi
- Harnett Regional Jetport AirportHRJ, 25 mi
- Raleigh-Durham International AirportRDU, 27 mi
- Pope FieldPOB, 29 mi
- Moore County AirportSOP, 29 mi
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 33 mi
- Burlington Alamance Regional AirportBUY, 38 mi
- Johnston Regional AirportJNX, 40 mi