Temperature
48 F at 8 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 11 PM Wednesday, and 48 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 48F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 11 AM.
Now. Brookhaven Calabro Airport is 51° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 3 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 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%) and Saturday (89%).
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 Brookhaven Calabro Airport, New York.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 30 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 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 12 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,201 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 4,222 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Brookhaven Airport/Shirley (HWV), Brookhaven Calabro Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
48 F at 8 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 11 PM Wednesday, and 48 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 47 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM to 96% at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 9 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.18 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.18 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 2,700 ft at 10 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
The 5 instruments nearest Brookhaven Calabro 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/82 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/89 ft/8 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/12 ft/69 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Shirley 1.3 NNY-SF-95
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/62 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upton NWSOKXN6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/101 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Upton NWS (OKXN6), 3.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.