Temperature
58 F at 12 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 58F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 65F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Penn Valley Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 5 PM.
Now. Penn Valley Airport is 58° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Penn Valley Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Williamsport (PA), 30 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,760 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 6 mph head, on 17 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Selinsgrove (SEG), Penn Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
58 F at 12 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 56 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 17 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
Selinsgrove: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Penn Valley 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
SelinsgroveSEG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/449 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mahantango Ck ScanMHCP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.8 mi away/730 ft/280 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mahantango CkS2028
At a soil climate station/14.8 mi away/730 ft/280 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
SR 54 W/B Natalie Mtn @ Natalie PA US PADOTPA005
Beside a road/21.3 mi away/1,499 ft/1,049 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Selinsgrove 2.6 WNWPA-SN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/586 ft/136 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SelinsgroveSLGP1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/436 ft/14 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.