Temperature
52 F at 11 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 6 PM.
Now. Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport is 51° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 12 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Saturday, near 44°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
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. 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 11:00 PM in Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 23 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
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; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,999 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 4 mph head, on 23 | 8 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | 7 mph head, on 13 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Mt Pocono (MPO), Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
52 F at 11 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 47 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 3 PM to 86% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the south southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.11 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 18 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
Mt Pocono: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Mt PoconoMPO
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,893 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-80 W/B MM 287.2 @ Stoney Hollo PA US PADOTPA067
Beside a road/7.7 mi away/1,857 ft/58 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Tunkhannock CRK NrLPNP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/1,837 ft/78 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Pocono 0.7 NPA-MN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,890 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CanadensisCNDP1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,198 ft/717 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.