Temperature
48 F at 8 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 35 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 35F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Grant County International Airport
Now. Grant County International Airport is 48° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 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. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
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 south-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 56 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Grant County International Airport, Washington.
Air quality
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Moses Lake (WA), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 10,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 54° / 234° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 unlit | 3,500 ft | 90 ft | Concrete | 109° / 289° | 1 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the right |
| 14L / 32R | 13,503 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 162° / 342° | 6 mph head, on 32R | 3 mph from the right |
| 14R / 32L unlit | 2,936 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 161° / 341° | 6 mph head, on 32L | 3 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,327 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 197° / 17° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Moses Lake/Grant Co (MWH), Grant County International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
48 F at 8 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 35 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 33 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 24% at 4 PM to 85% at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 7 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.44 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 11 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Moses Lake/Grant Co: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Grant County International 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,184 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dodson RoadTDODS
Beside a road/13.3 mi away/1,178 ft/11 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
OthelloOTOW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/883 ft/306 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lind #1S2021
At a soil climate station/38.2 mi away/1,640 ft/451 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Moses Lake 5.6 NWWA-GR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,126 ft/63 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Quincy 1 SQUIW1
At a cooperative observer's station/24.8 mi away/1,257 ft/68 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Quincy 1 S (QUIW1), 24.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.