Temperature
67 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 82° today.
Now. Mark Anton Airport is 66° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 60): 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 tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:10 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Mark Anton Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 19 miles off.
Yesterday measured 55, 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 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Dayton (2A0), Mark Anton Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 1 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
30.02 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 0.8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 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
Dayton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mark Anton Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Dayton2A0
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/705 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bledsoe State ForestBLDT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/1,795 ft/1,076 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crossville 7 NW63855
At a climate reference station/37.9 mi away/1,913 ft/1,194 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dayton 0.7 ESETN-RH-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/863 ft/144 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DaytonDAYT1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/807 ft/88 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.