Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 66F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
William L. Whitehurst Field, Tennessee
Small airport in Hardeman County, Tennessee70°
91°/66°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 91° today.
Now. William L. Whitehurst Field is 70° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Saturday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9166
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6759
16%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6344
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6938
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7141
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7544
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7845
overcast
70°
91°66°
67°59°
63°44°
69°38°
71°41°
75°44°
78°45°
As of 11:00 PM in William L. Whitehurst Field, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at William L. Whitehurst Field
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (TN), 31 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at William L. Whitehurst Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at William L. Whitehurst Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- M08
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 499 ft
- Serves
- Bolivar
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- M08
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:10
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,007 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 7° / 187° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bolivar (M08), William L. Whitehurst Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 4 PM to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 7,500 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 7,500ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bolivar: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest William L. Whitehurst Field, 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
BolivarM08
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/491 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.3 mi away/614 ft/115 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bolivar Water WorksBLVT1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/413 ft/86 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bolivar 3.9 SETN-HR-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/430 ft/69 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near William L. Whitehurst Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bolivarcity, 4 mi
- Hickory Valleytown, 6 mi
- Whitevilletown, 9 mi
- Toonetown, 11 mi
- Saulsburytown, 12 mi
- Hornsbytown, 12 mi
- Middletoncity, 13 mi
- Grand Junctioncity, 14 mi
- Silertontown, 16 mi
- La Grangetown, 16 mi
- Pocahontascommunity, 17 mi
- Somervilletown, 18 mi
Airports near William L. Whitehurst Field
- Fayette County AirportFYE, 20 mi
- McKellar-Sipes Regional AirportMKL, 28 mi
- Robert Sibley AirportSZY, 31 mi
- Covington Municipal AirportM04, 40 mi
- Savannah Hardin County AirportSNH, 47 mi
- Millington-Memphis AirportNQA, 48 mi
- Charles W. Baker Airport2M8, 50 mi
- Frederick W. Smith International AirportMEM, 54 mi