At an airfield/0.3 mi away/951 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/Pennsylvania/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 6 PM.
Now. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is 58° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 54° by 12 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 47°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 0 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, 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; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | - | - |
| 10 / 28 | 4,300 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | - | - |
The 5 instruments nearest Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/951 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-380 N/B @ Exit 20 Daleville La PA US PADOTPA063
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/1,814 ft/852 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Tunkhannock CRK NrLPNP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.6 mi away/1,837 ft/875 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Duryea 0.3 SEPA-LZ-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/560 ft/402 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Francis E Walter DamWHNP1
At a dam/15.1 mi away/1,526 ft/564 ft above 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.