Temperature
57 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Pennridge Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM, the chance peaking at 66% around 7 PM.
Now. Pennridge Airport is 56° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (47%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Pennridge Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 4,211 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 70° / 250° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Perkasie (CKZ), Pennridge Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 54 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 15 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 12 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 1,900 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 8 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
Perkasie: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Pennridge 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
PerkasieCKZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/542 ft/26 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Perkiomen Creek AT GraterfordGRAP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/161 ft/407 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR 309 N/B @ I-276 Ft Washington PA US PADOTPA008
Beside a road/18.3 mi away/174 ft/394 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Perkasie 0.8 NEPA-BK-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/390 ft/178 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sewage Plant Outside And .25MI At PaSRVP1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/558 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sewage Plant Outside And .25MI At Pa (SRVP1), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:08. 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.