Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 89° today.
Now. Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base is 66° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 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 75): 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 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 1:00 AM in Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 75, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 10 miles off.
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 2,030 ft | 90 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 9,012 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 134° / 314° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Mcentire Ang Base (MMT), Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 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 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 25,000 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 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
Mcentire Ang Base: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base, 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/253 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/135 ft/119 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/144 ft/110 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Eastover 6.0 WNWSC-RC-85
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/225 ft/29 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a farm or research station/15.8 mi away/436 ft/182 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.