Temperature
63 F at 2 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Grand Canyon Regional Airport
Grand Canyon Regional Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Tioga County, Pennsylvania* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take protective measures now as freezing temperatures could damage or kill tender plants and vegetation.
64°
68°/52°
Light rain·
Feels like 64°·Gentle breeze 10 mph W
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Grand Canyon Regional Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 2 PM (62%).
Now. Grand Canyon Regional Airport is 64° and light rain at 2 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
29Air quality
100%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
64feels64
62%
Today
Oct 16
6852
98%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
4535
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5528
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5932
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6237
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6139
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6039
mostly clear day
64°
68°52°
45°35°
55°28°
59°32°
62°37°
61°39°
60°39°
As of 2:00 PM in Grand Canyon Regional Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Grand Canyon Regional Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Williamsport (PA), 40 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good24.5 mi
- Ozone13Good19 ppb24.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 31TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Canyon Regional Airport
0.30 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Canyon Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- N38
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,892 ft
- Serves
- Wellsboro
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- N38
- Wind now
- From 290° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 14:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 3,597 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 9 mph head, on 28 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wellsboro (N38), Grand Canyon Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west at 2 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.71 inHg at 2 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.71inHg
- 2 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Wellsboro: 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 Grand Canyon 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
WellsboroN38
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,880 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Old Mountain RawsOLDP1
A remote fire weather station/11.3 mi away/1,912 ft/20 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 15 S/B Bloss Mtn @ Liberty Ti PA US PADOTPA002
Beside a road/16.2 mi away/2,152 ft/260 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wellsboro 4 SWWLLP1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,834 ft/58 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wellsboro 0.7 SSWPA-TG-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,457 ft/435 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wellsboro 4 SW (WLLP1), 1.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Grand Canyon Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Grand Canyon Regional Airport
- Williamsport Regional AirportIPT, 42 mi
- St Marys Municipal AirportOYM, 61 mi
- Bradford Regional AirportBFD, 64 mi
- State College Regional AirportUNV, 65 mi
- Penn Valley AirportSEG, 69 mi
- Clearfield Lawrence AirportFIG, 71 mi
- Mifflin County AirportRVL, 74 mi
- Northumberland County AirportN79, 76 mi