Airports/New Jersey/Ocean County Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 86% around 1 AM.
Now. Ocean County Airport is 56° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Ocean County Airport, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southeast Burlington and Ocean Counties (NJ), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,950 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 3,599 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Toms River (MJX), Ocean County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 11 PM Thursday; 66 F at its warmest, 1 AM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 11 AM Thursday to 100% at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,300 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Toms River: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Ocean 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
Toms RiverMJX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/82 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coyle FieldCTWN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.6 mi away/177 ft/95 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Toms River Twp 5.3 WSWNJ-OC-81
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/41 ft/41 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManasquanMSQN4
At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/26 ft/56 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Manasquan (MSQN4), 19.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.