Temperature
55 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 38 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 38F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Ephrata Municipal Airport
Ephrata Municipal Airport, Washington
Small airport in Grant County, Washington54°
72°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Now. Ephrata Municipal Airport is 54° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° 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 tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
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 55 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
45%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7241
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6941
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6840
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6235
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6137
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6337
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6336
mostly clear day
54°
72°41°
69°41°
68°40°
62°35°
61°37°
63°37°
63°36°
As of 9:00 PM in Ephrata Municipal Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Ephrata Municipal Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Quincy (WA), 16 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ephrata Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ephrata Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EPH
- ICAO
- KEPH
- IATA
- EPH
- Field elevation
- 1,276 ft
- Serves
- Ephrata
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EPH
- Wind now
- From 340° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 5,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 3 mph head, on 03 | 6 mph from the left |
| 04 / 22 unlit | 3,467 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 3 mph head, on 04 | 6 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 3,843 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 128° / 308° | 6 mph head, on 29 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ephrata Municipal (EPH), Ephrata Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 3 PM to 92% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 45%
- Humidity, range
- 29 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 7 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.44 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.44inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Ephrata Municipal: 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 Ephrata Municipal 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/1,273 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR17 Interchange Soap LakeTSOAP
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/1,122 ft/154 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/1,561 ft/285 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Moses Lake 5.6 NWWA-GR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.8 mi away/1,126 ft/150 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Quincy 1 SQUIW1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/1,257 ft/19 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Quincy 1 S (QUIW1), 16.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ephrata Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ephratacity, 2 mi
- Lakeviewcommunity, 5 mi
- Soap Lakecity, 6 mi
- Moses Lake Northcommunity, 13 mi
- Cascade Valleycommunity, 15 mi
- Quincycity, 17 mi
- Moses Lakecity, 17 mi
- Wheelercommunity, 20 mi
- Wilson Creektown, 20 mi
- Georgecity, 22 mi
- Crescent Barcommunity, 23 mi
- Coulee Citytown, 24 mi
Airports near Ephrata Municipal Airport
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 11 mi
- Pangborn Memorial AirportEAT, 33 mi
- Grand Coulee Dam Airport3W7, 47 mi
- Bowers FieldELN, 51 mi
- Davenport Municipal Airport68S, 67 mi
- Richland AirportRLD, 70 mi
- Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKM, 70 mi
- Sunnyside Municipal Airport1S5, 71 mi