Temperature
72 F at 10 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 10 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 9 AM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM (63%).
Now. Jefferson County Airpark is 71° and overcast at 10 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the southwest at 14 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 AM in Jefferson County Airpark, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Weirton (WV), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 6 mph head, on 32 | 13 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Steubenville (2G2), Jefferson County Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 10 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the west southwest at 10 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 8 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.80 inHg at 10 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 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
Steubenville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Jefferson County Airpark, 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
Steubenville2G2
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,188 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
109-SR22 @ SR151OH099
Beside a road/12.0 mi away/1,199 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Leesville LakeLEEO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.2 mi away/1,020 ft/176 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Steubenville 2.0 WNWOH-JF-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,151 ft/45 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SteubenvilleSTBO1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/1,033 ft/163 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Steubenville (STBO1), 4.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.