Now. Carroll County Airport is 73° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Carroll County Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (TN), 39 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,507 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 12° / 192° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Huntingdon (HZD), Carroll County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 10 PM Thursday; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 60 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.99 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 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
Huntingdon: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Carroll County 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 now2 instruments
HuntingdonHZD
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/469 ft/28 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/16.5 mi away/558 ft/61 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
McKenzie 1.5 SSETN-CR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/427 ft/70 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WaterplantHUNT1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/417 ft/80 ft below 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.