Temperature
59 F at 8 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Bedford County Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (60%).
Now. Bedford County Airport is 60° and partly cloudy at 8 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Bedford County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 27 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,006 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Bedford (HMZ), Bedford County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
59 F at 8 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 58 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the south southeast at 8 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.85 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 6 AM; 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 6 AM; 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
Bedford: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Bedford County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
BedfordHMZ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,150 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR56 & Babcock MtnPA051
Beside a road/11.9 mi away/2,500 ft/1,338 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blair Helibase RawsBLHP1
A remote fire weather station/25.1 mi away/1,155 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Everett 5.5 NPA-BD-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/1,379 ft/217 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EverettEVRP1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,152 ft/10 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.