Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 71° today.
Now. Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport is 70° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 45, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | 6 mph head, on 18 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Portsmouth (PMH), Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 98% at 7 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 2 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.92 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 0.3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Portsmouth: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Greater Portsmouth Regional 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
PortsmouthPMH
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/656 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/15.1 mi away/971 ft/308 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
28-US23 @ Slm 6.5OH028
Beside a road/17.1 mi away/560 ft/103 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sciotodale 0.2 SEOH-SC-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/669 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SciotovilleSCIO1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/545 ft/118 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sciotoville (SCIO1), 6.2 miles from here, read 15 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.