Temperature
69 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Santee Cooper Regional Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM (50%).
Now. Santee Cooper Regional Airport is 69° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:57 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Santee Cooper Regional Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 50 miles off.
Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,602 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 12° / 192° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Manning (MNI), Santee Cooper Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
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
Manning: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Santee Cooper Regional 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 now2 instruments
ManningMNI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/103 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santee Nwr RAWSSPLS1
A remote fire weather station/13.6 mi away/82 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Manning 7.1 SSC-CD-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/106 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManningMANS1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/144 ft/41 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.