Now. General Dewitt Spain Airport is 73° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, 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 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in General Dewitt Spain Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, 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; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 3,799 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 7 mph head, on 17 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Memphis - General Dewitt Spain (M01), General Dewitt Spain Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 10 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 57 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 12 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 1 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; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 4 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 10,000 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 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
The 4 instruments nearest General Dewitt Spain 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
Memphis - General Dewitt SpainM01
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/223 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River AT MemphisMEMT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.5 mi away/184 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Memphis 5.1 NNWTN-SH-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/237 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Memphis WfoMEGT1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/292 ft/67 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Memphis Wfo (MEGT1), 15.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.