Temperature
70 F at 1 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 63° today.
Now. Erie-Ottawa International Airport is 70° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Erie-Ottawa International Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Toledo (OH), 36 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,646 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 83° / 263° | 10 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 4,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | 7 mph head, on 18 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Port Clinton (PCW), Erie-Ottawa International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 1 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 1 PM Thursday to 94% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the west southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.73 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Port Clinton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Erie-Ottawa International 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
Port ClintonPCW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/571 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
[email protected] Bay Br.OH142
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/570 ft/20 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Camp PerryCMPO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/563 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Port Clinton 5.5 ENEOH-OT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/586 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SanduskySANO1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/584 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.