Temperature
68 F at 4 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Wilkes County Airport
Wilkes County Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Wilkes County, North CarolinaSpecial Weather Statement, in full
Pockets of fog, which, will be dense at times will be present through the morning commute across the area. This may lead to difficult driving conditions as visibilities will be reduced down to 1/4 mile or less in localized areas. Drivers are recommended to leave early to account for slow commute times this morning and only use low beam headlights.
67°
82°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph WNW
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Wilkes County Airport until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 26 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 82° today.
Now. Wilkes County Airport is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
5Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8261
27%
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5647
59%
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5736
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6237
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6841
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6944
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6845
UV 6
67°
82°61°
56°47°
57°36°
62°37°
68°41°
69°44°
68°45°
As of 4:00 AM in Wilkes County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Wilkes County Airport
Index 5, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Alexander County (NC), 21 miles off.
5Good
- Ozone5Good3 ppb21.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wilkes County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Wilkes County Airport, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UKF
- ICAO
- KUKF
- IATA
- IKB
- Field elevation
- 1,301 ft
- Serves
- North Wilkesboro
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UKF
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 6,201 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty (UKF), Wilkes County 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 0.5 miles now.
- Now
- 0.5mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Wilkes County 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
North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_CntyUKF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,299 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rendezvous Valley RAWS SiteRVZN7
A remote fire weather station/11.1 mi away/2,306 ft/1,005 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North Wilkesboro 1.1 NNWNC-WL-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,249 ft/52 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North WilkesboroNWBN7
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,135 ft/166 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at North Wilkesboro (NWBN7), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wilkes County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hayscommunity, 2 mi
- Fairplainscommunity, 4 mi
- Mulberrycommunity, 4 mi
- North Wilkesborotown, 5 mi
- Cricketcommunity, 6 mi
- Wilkesborotown, 7 mi
- Millers Creekcommunity, 8 mi
- Rondatown, 9 mi
- Moravian Fallscommunity, 9 mi
- Pleasant Hillcommunity, 12 mi
- Elkintown, 14 mi
- Jonesvilletown, 15 mi
Airports near Wilkes County Airport
- Ashe County AirportGEV, 23 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 33 mi
- Mount Airy Surry County AirportMWK, 34 mi
- Hickory Regional AirportHKY, 37 mi
- Foothills Regional AirportMRN, 40 mi
- Smith Reynolds AirportINT, 49 mi
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional AirportIPJ, 51 mi
- Mid-Carolina Regional AirportRUQ, 51 mi