Temperature
75 F at 1 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Mifflin County Airport
Severe Thunderstorm Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in force for Mifflin County Airport until 2:30 PM today. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (68%).
Now. Mifflin County Airport is 76° and mostly clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Mifflin County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, State College (PA), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Reedsville (RVL), Mifflin County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
75 F at 1 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east at 1 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.67 inHg at 1 PM, falling 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.16 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Reedsville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Mifflin County 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 now4 instruments
ReedsvilleRVL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/810 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-322 E/B Seven Mountains @ Run PA US PADOTPA072
Beside a road/4.0 mi away/1,286 ft/467 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Chestnut SpringsCNUP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/1,706 ft/887 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rock Springs PaS2036
At a soil climate station/16.3 mi away/1,220 ft/401 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Reedsville 3.2 NNWPA-MF-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/958 ft/139 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LewistownLSTP1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/476 ft/343 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Lewistown (LSTP1), 7.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. 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.