Temperature
59 F at 5 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 7 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 2 PM.
- Now
- 59F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 7 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, Tennessee
Medium airport in Madison County, Tennessee59°
65°/57°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNW
Now. McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport is 59° and mostly cloudy at 6 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
49%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
59feels59
12mph
Today
Oct 16
6557
18%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6243
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6836
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7239
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7441
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7743
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8045
overcast
59°
65°57°
62°43°
68°36°
72°39°
74°41°
77°43°
80°45°
As of 6:00 PM in McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (TN), 6 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKL
- ICAO
- KMKL
- IATA
- MKL
- Field elevation
- 434 ft
- Serves
- Jackson
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MKL
- Wind now
- From 340° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,005 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | 9 mph head, on 02 | 8 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 3,539 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 112° / 292° | 8 mph head, on 29 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jackson/Mckellar (MKL), McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 49% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 5 PM to 75% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 49%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 75%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the north at 6 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 6 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.27 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.27inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 11 AM
- 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 1,900 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
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
Jackson/Mckellar: 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 McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/433 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.4 mi away/614 ft/180 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Experiment StationJCKT1
On a farm or research station/4.2 mi away/367 ft/67 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Jackson 2.1 NWTN-MD-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/453 ft/19 ft above 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 McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport
- William L. Whitehurst FieldM08, 28 mi
- Robert Sibley AirportSZY, 36 mi
- Covington Municipal AirportM04, 38 mi
- Fayette County AirportFYE, 38 mi
- Dyersburg Regional AirportDYR, 39 mi
- Beech River Regional AirportPVE, 41 mi
- Carroll County AirportHZD, 42 mi
- Savannah Hardin County AirportSNH, 49 mi