Temperature
46 F at 9 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM (71%).
Now. Francis S Gabreski Airport is 48° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 52°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 70°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%) and Saturday (88%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Francis S Gabreski Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 38 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 5,100 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 357° / 177° | Calm | Calm |
| 06 / 24 | 9,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 42° / 222° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 5,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Westhampton Beach (FOK), Francis S Gabreski Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 9 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 43 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM to 93% at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
0 mph from the southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.19 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.19 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 2,900 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 4 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
Westhampton Beach: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Francis S Gabreski 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/66 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/19.8 mi away/89 ft/22 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/12 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Remsenburg-Speonk 0.9 NENY-SF-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/33 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Baiting HallowBTGN6
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/74 ft/7 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Baiting Hallow (BTGN6), 8.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.