Temperature
55 F at 11 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Orcas Island Airport
Orcas Island Airport, Washington
Medium airport in San Juan County, Washington56°
63°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Light air 2 mph W
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (59%).
Now. Orcas Island Airport is 56° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 12 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 59°, and the coolest Sunday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (86%). Rain is possible Thursday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:51 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 48 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
47Air quality
76%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
56feels56
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6347
11%
Sat
Oct 17
5952
86%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5344
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5345
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5344
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5344
13%
Thu
Oct 22
5345
41%
56°
63°47°
59°52°
53°44°
53°45°
53°44°
53°44°
53°45°
As of 11:00 AM in Orcas Island Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Orcas Island Airport
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 19 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
- Ozone2Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Orcas Island Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Orcas Island Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ORS
- ICAO
- KORS
- IATA
- ESD
- Field elevation
- 31 ft
- Serves
- Eastsound
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ORS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 11:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 unlit | 2,901 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Eastsound/Orcas Island Airport (ORS), Orcas Island Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 11 AM to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 77%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph at 11 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 11 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 PM Thursday, under a mile for 7 hours; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 5 AM
- 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
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Orcas Island 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
Eastsound/Orcas Island AirportORS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/26 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Roche Harbor - English CampNSJW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/84 ft/53 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/21.7 mi away/92 ft/61 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Eastsound 1.2 NWWA-SJ-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/7 ft/24 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BlaineBLNW1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.4 mi away/59 ft/28 ft above 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 Orcas Island Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Roche Harborcommunity, 12 mi
- Friday Harbortown, 13 mi
- Birch Baycommunity, 17 mi
- Ferndalecity, 17 mi
- Marietta-Alderwoodcommunity, 18 mi
- Custercommunity, 19 mi
- Anacortescity, 19 mi
- Bellinghamcity, 20 mi
- Point Robertscommunity, 21 mi
- Blainecity, 21 mi
- Genevacommunity, 23 mi
- Edisoncommunity, 24 mi
Airports near Orcas Island Airport
- Rosario Seaplane BaseW49, 5 mi
- Waldron Airstrip90WA, 5 mi
- Westsound/WSX Seaplane BaseWA83, 7 mi
- Deer Harbor SPB88WA, 8 mi
- Blakely Island Airport38WA, 10 mi
- Stuart Island Airpark7WA5, 12 mi
- Roche Harbor AirportWA09, 12 mi
- Friday Harbor Seaplane BaseW33, 13 mi