Temperature
50 F at 6 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), Washington
Medium airport in Island County, Washington52°
60°/45°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 52°·Light air 1 mph WNW
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 55% around 6 AM.
Now. Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) is 52° and partly cloudy at 7 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 63°, and the coolest Sunday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (53%) and Saturday (55%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:56 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
93%Humidity
41%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
52feels52
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6045
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 16
6345
53%
Sat
Oct 17
5749
55%
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
5341
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5441
12%
Tue
Oct 20
5441
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5441
15%
52°
60°45°
63°45°
57°49°
53°41°
54°41°
54°41°
54°41°
As of 7:00 PM in Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), Washington.
Air quality
The air at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 12 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good15.4 mi
- Ozone10Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 11 AM, lowest 4 miles Thu 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NUW
- ICAO
- KNUW
- IATA
- NUW
- Field elevation
- 47 ft
- Serves
- Oak Harbor
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NUW
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 18:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 7,999 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 87° / 267° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 8,001 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 153° / 333° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Whidbey Island NAS (NUW), Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 2 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 80 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 6 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.28 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.28inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
Whidbey Island NAS: 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 Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/46 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/11.6 mi away/3 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount VernonTAVON
Beside a road/12.2 mi away/16 ft/31 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oak Harbor 1.1 NNWWA-IS-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/193 ft/146 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/11.6 mi away/3 ft/44 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Whidbey Island Stationcommunity, 1 mi
- Oak Harborcity, 4 mi
- La Connertown, 8 mi
- Coupevilletown, 9 mi
- Anacortescity, 10 mi
- Bay Viewcommunity, 12 mi
- Camanocommunity, 14 mi
- Conwaycommunity, 14 mi
- Lake Ketchumcommunity, 15 mi
- Northwest Stanwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Stanwoodcity, 16 mi
- Mount Vernoncity, 17 mi
Airports near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
- AJ Eisenberg AirportOKH, 7 mi
- Anacortes Airport74S, 10 mi
- Coupeville Nolf AirportNRA, 11 mi
- Center Island Airport78WA, 12 mi
- Decatur Shores AirportWN07, 13 mi
- Skagit Regional AirportBVS, 14 mi
- Lopez Island AirportS31, 16 mi
- Fishermans Bay Seaplane Base81W, 17 mi