Airports/South Carolina/Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 88° today.
Now. Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 73): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 8 miles off.
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 7 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,011 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Columbia Owens Downtown Airport (CUB), Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 11 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 5 PM Thursday to 84% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 5 instruments nearest Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Columbia Owens Downtown AirportCUB
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/194 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
University Of South Carolina [CCOOP]USCS1
On a college campus/1.5 mi away/256 ft/63 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/144 ft/49 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia 2.5 SESC-RC-149
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/204 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a farm or research station/13.8 mi away/436 ft/243 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.