Temperature
54 F at 12 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania54°
74°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 6 AM (67%).
Now. Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport is 54° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 47°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
54feels54
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7453
97%
Sat
Oct 17
4741
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
5432
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5836
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6240
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6243
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5941
mostly clear day
54°
74°53°
47°41°
54°32°
58°36°
62°40°
62°43°
59°41°
As of 12:00 AM in Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 41 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone23Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 14
- 29TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport, the next 45 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ZER
- ICAO
- KZER
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,729 ft
- Serves
- Pottsville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ZER
- Wind now
- From 160° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,523 ft | 140 ft | Grass | 31° / 211° | 5 mph head, on 22 | 6 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 5,101 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 98° / 278° | 4 mph head, on 11 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pottsville (ZER), Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 1 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 AM
- 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 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pottsville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey 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
PottsvilleZER
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,690 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-81 N/B @ Exit 112 Hegins Schuy PA US PADOTPA028
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/1,545 ft/184 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mount Carmel - Roaring CreekROAP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/1,077 ft/652 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mahantango CkS2028
At a soil climate station/15.6 mi away/730 ft/999 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Tremont 0.4 NNWPA-SC-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/896 ft/833 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NataliePOPP1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/915 ft/814 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beurys Lakecommunity, 1 mi
- Buck Runcommunity, 3 mi
- Gordonborough, 4 mi
- Branchdalecommunity, 4 mi
- Lavellecommunity, 4 mi
- Newtowncommunity, 4 mi
- Forestvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Locustdalecommunity, 5 mi
- Donaldsoncommunity, 5 mi
- Fountain Springscommunity, 5 mi
- Tremontborough, 5 mi
- Ashlandborough, 5 mi
Airports near Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
- Northumberland County AirportN79, 13 mi
- Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) AirportMUI, 21 mi
- Penn Valley AirportSEG, 27 mi
- Hazleton Municipal AirportHZL, 28 mi
- Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDG, 31 mi
- Jake Arner Memorial Airport22N, 33 mi
- Lancaster AirportLNS, 41 mi
- Harrisburg International AirportMDT, 41 mi