Temperature
55 F at 5 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 55F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 65F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Jersey/Sky Manor Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (72%).
Now. Sky Manor Airport is 55° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:11 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Sky Manor Airport, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, North Central (NJ), 23 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 2,900 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 54° / 234° | 1 mph head, on 25 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Pittstown (N40), Sky Manor Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 5 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 7 AM 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 57% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the south southeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.97 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 5 AM; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pittstown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Sky Manor Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
PittstownN40
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/482 ft/78 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TeetertownCALN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.1 mi away/997 ft/437 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Alexandria Twp 2.2 ESENJ-HN-46
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/493 ft/67 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FlemingtonFLMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/112 ft/448 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.