Temperature
73 F at 3 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Pennsylvania
Medium airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania68°
74°/61°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 68°·Moderate breeze 16 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 2 PM (81%).
Now. Arnold Palmer Regional Airport is 68° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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. 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.
0UV Low
53Air quality
94%Humidity
86%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
42%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
7461
90%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5039
67%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5932
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6336
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6538
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6640
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6541
clear day
68°
74°61°
50°39°
59°32°
63°36°
65°38°
66°40°
65°41°
As of 4:00 AM in Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Mon Valley Area (PA), 25 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate5.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LBE
- ICAO
- KLBE
- IATA
- LBE
- Field elevation
- 1,199 ft
- Serves
- Latrobe
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LBE
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 8,222 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Latrobe/Westmorland (LBE), Arnold Palmer Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 12 PM Thursday to 94% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.87 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.87inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Latrobe/Westmorland: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Arnold Palmer 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,184 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Quarry TrailQTRP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.1 mi away/2,749 ft/1,550 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR31 & Laurel RidgePA048
Beside a road/16.2 mi away/2,762 ft/1,563 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Latrobe 3.4 SSWPA-WT-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,150 ft/49 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Donegal 2 NwACEP1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,772 ft/573 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Donegal 2 Nw (ACEP1), 9.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hostettercommunity, 1 mi
- St. Vincent Collegecommunity, 1 mi
- Lawson Heightscommunity, 2 mi
- Youngstownborough, 2 mi
- Latrobeborough, 3 mi
- Loyalhannacommunity, 4 mi
- Bradenvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Calumetcommunity, 6 mi
- Mammothcommunity, 6 mi
- Derryborough, 7 mi
- Norveltcommunity, 7 mi
- Crabtreecommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
- Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville AirportVVS, 26 mi
- Somerset County Airport2G9, 26 mi
- Allegheny County AirportAGC, 28 mi
- Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart AirportIDI, 29 mi
- John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County AirportJST, 30 mi
- Pittsburgh/Butler Regional AirportBTP, 45 mi
- Pittsburgh International AirportPIT, 46 mi
- Washington County AirportAFJ, 48 mi