Temperature
68 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/North Air Force Auxillary Airfield
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 88° today.
Now. North Air Force Auxillary Airfield is 68° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 76): 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 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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 3:00 AM in North Air Force Auxillary Airfield, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 76, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 32 miles off.
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 3,500 ft | 90 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
| 06 / 24 | 10,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 53° / 233° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from North Air Force (XNO), North Air Force Auxillary Airfield's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 4 PM Thursday to 95% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 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
North Air Force: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest North Air Force Auxillary Airfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/300 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.4 mi away/135 ft/186 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/22.5 mi away/317 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Beside a road/24.3 mi away/144 ft/177 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
North 1.3 WNWSC-OR-46
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/272 ft/49 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Swansea 4NESWAS1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/316 ft/5 ft below 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.