Temperature
45 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Gray Army Air Field
Gray Army Air Field, Washington
Medium airport in Pierce County, Washington46°
75°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 46°·Calm 0 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM (63%).
Now. Gray Army Air Field is 46° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 12 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 65°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Wednesday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:59 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 day is 10 hours 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
59Air quality
96%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels46
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7544
68%
Sat
Oct 17
6550
24%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6138
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6037
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6137
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6336
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6038
21%
46°
75°44°
65°50°
61°38°
60°37°
61°37°
63°36°
60°38°
As of 1:00 AM in Gray Army Air Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Gray Army Air Field
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 10 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate9.5 mi
- Ozone-1 ppb11.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gray Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Gray Army Air Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GRF
- ICAO
- KGRF
- IATA
- GRF
- Field elevation
- 300 ft
- Serves
- Joint Base Lewis McChord
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GRF
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 6,124 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Lewis/Gray AAF (GRF), Gray Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.9 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 0.9mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Fort Lewis/Gray AAF: 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 Gray Army Air Field, 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/302 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nisqually RiverTNISQ
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/23 ft/277 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Deschutes Falls ParkDFPW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.4 mi away/915 ft/615 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
DuPont 1.0 SEWA-PR-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/242 ft/58 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tacoma No. 1TACW1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/6 ft/294 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Gray Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Lewiscommunity, 1 mi
- North Fort Lewiscommunity, 3 mi
- DuPontcity, 4 mi
- McChord AFBcommunity, 4 mi
- Nisqually Indian Communitycommunity, 6 mi
- Ketron Islandcommunity, 6 mi
- Steilacoomtown, 6 mi
- Roycity, 6 mi
- Lakewoodcity, 7 mi
- Anderson Islandcommunity, 8 mi
- Spanawaycommunity, 8 mi
- North Yelmcommunity, 8 mi
Airports near Gray Army Air Field
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 6 mi
- Tacoma Narrows AirportTIW, 13 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 14 mi
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 17 mi
- Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSEA, 28 mi
- Sanderson FieldSHN, 29 mi
- Bremerton National AirportPWT, 30 mi
- Renton Municipal AirportRNT, 33 mi