Temperature
58 F at 12 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 58F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Jersey/Mc Guire Air Force Base
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM, the chance peaking at 75% around 1 AM.
Now. Mc Guire Air Force Base is 57° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.
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 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 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. 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 1:00 AM in Mc Guire Air Force Base, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southeast Burlington and Ocean Counties (NJ), 25 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 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 11,451 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 7,126 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Mcguire AFB (WRI), Mc Guire Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
58 F at 12 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 53 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 1 PM Thursday to 87% at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 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 3,700 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 8 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
Mcguire AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Mc Guire Air Force Base, 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
Mcguire AFBWRI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/135 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mount Holly NWSPHIN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/42 ft/89 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pemberton Twp 2.7 NENJ-BT-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/86 ft/45 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HightstownHGTN4
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/98 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hightstown (HGTN4), 17.4 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 07:00. 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.