Temperature
71 F at 2 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Robert Sibley Airport is 69° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 3:00 AM in Robert Sibley Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (TN), 33 miles off.
Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Sibley (SZY), Robert Sibley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
71 F at 2 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 28% at 2 PM Thursday to 70% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
4 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 7,500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 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
Sibley: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Robert Sibley 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
SibleySZY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/600 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Shiloh NmpSHOT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/449 ft/161 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Selmer 0.9 NWTN-MN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/536 ft/74 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SelmerSELT1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/522 ft/88 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.