Temperature
69 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Mount Olive Municipal Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 69% around 9 AM.
Now. Mount Olive Municipal Airport is 68° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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.
As of 3:00 AM in Mount Olive Municipal Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lenoir County (NC), 23 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,254 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 0 mph head, on 05 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Mount Olive (W40), Mount Olive Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 0.8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mount Olive: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Mount Olive Municipal 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
Mount OliveW40
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/167 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Goldsboro RAWSGBON7
A remote fire weather station/14.3 mi away/82 ft/86 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Olive 3.2 ENENC-WY-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/163 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mount Olive 6SEMTON7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/157 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mount Olive 6SE (MTON7), 6.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.