Temperature
49 F at 8 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Skagit Regional Airport
Skagit Regional Airport, Washington
Small airport in Skagit County, Washington49°
66°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 49°·Light air 2 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (73%).
Now. Skagit Regional Airport is 49° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (74%) and Saturday (65%).
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 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 10 hours 53 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
49feels49
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6644
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 16
7046
74%
Sat
Oct 17
5951
65%
Sun
Oct 18
5641
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5641
11%
Tue
Oct 20
5642
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5740
15%
49°
66°44°
70°46°
59°51°
56°41°
56°41°
56°42°
57°40°
As of 9:00 PM in Skagit Regional Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Skagit Regional Airport
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Mount Vernon (WA), 6 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good5.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Skagit Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Skagit Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BVS
- ICAO
- KBVS
- IATA
- MVW
- Field elevation
- 144 ft
- Serves
- Burlington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BVS
- Wind now
- From 340° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 56° / 236° | 1 mph head, on 04 | 3 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 5,480 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | 3 mph head, on 29 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Burlington/Mt_Ve (BVS), Skagit Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 3 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 PM Wednesday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.28 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.28inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 8
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
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
Burlington/Mt_Ve: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Skagit Regional 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/144 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mount VernonTAVON
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/16 ft/128 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/2.2 mi away/3 ft/141 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/2.2 mi away/3 ft/141 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mount Vernon 2.9 WNWWA-SG-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/37 ft/107 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Skagit Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bay Viewcommunity, 2 mi
- Burlingtoncity, 4 mi
- Mount Vernoncity, 6 mi
- Edisoncommunity, 6 mi
- Bowcommunity, 6 mi
- La Connertown, 7 mi
- Clear Lakecommunity, 8 mi
- Sedro-Woolleycity, 9 mi
- Conwaycommunity, 10 mi
- Anacortescity, 10 mi
- Big Lakecommunity, 10 mi
- Algercommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Skagit Regional Airport
- Anacortes Airport74S, 11 mi
- Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)NUW, 14 mi
- Decatur Shores AirportWN07, 18 mi
- Center Island Airport78WA, 19 mi
- AJ Eisenberg AirportOKH, 19 mi
- Blakely Island Airport38WA, 20 mi
- Coupeville Nolf AirportNRA, 22 mi
- Bellingham International AirportBLI, 23 mi