Temperature
43 F at 4 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Pierce County-Thun Field
Pierce County-Thun Field, Washington
Small airport in Pierce County, Washington46°
74°/49°
Light rain·
Feels like 46°·Calm 0 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 5 AM.
Now. Pierce County-Thun Field is 46° and light rain at 4 AM. The dew point is 43°, 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 53° by 2 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Monday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (55%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:58 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
63Air quality
99%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels46
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
7449
72%
Sat
Oct 17
6451
55%
Sun
Oct 18
6040
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6040
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6238
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5941
28%
46°
74°49°
64°51°
60°40°
59°41°
60°40°
62°38°
59°41°
As of 4:00 AM in Pierce County-Thun Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Pierce County-Thun Field
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 10 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate9.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.8 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 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pierce County-Thun Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pierce County-Thun Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PLU
- ICAO
- KPLU
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 538 ft
- Serves
- Puyallup
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PLU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,651 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Puyallup (PLU), Pierce County-Thun Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 57 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 2 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 2mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
Puyallup: 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 Pierce County-Thun 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
PuyallupPLU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/538 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Puyallup River Bridge at I-5TPUYR
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/384 ft/154 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
South Prairie Creek 0 AT S Prairie Ck at South PrairieSPEW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/535 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mcmillin ReservoirMMLW1
At a reservoir/2.6 mi away/564 ft/26 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
South Hill 3.3 WSWWA-PR-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/473 ft/65 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Pierce County-Thun Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- South Hillcommunity, 1 mi
- Grahamcommunity, 3 mi
- McMillincommunity, 3 mi
- Fredericksoncommunity, 3 mi
- Ortingcity, 3 mi
- Summit Viewcommunity, 3 mi
- Tehalehcommunity, 5 mi
- Puyallupcity, 5 mi
- Summitcommunity, 5 mi
- Clover Creekcommunity, 5 mi
- Elk Plaincommunity, 6 mi
- Aldertoncommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Pierce County-Thun Field
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 9 mi
- Gray Army Air FieldGRF, 14 mi
- Tacoma Narrows AirportTIW, 18 mi
- Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSEA, 24 mi
- Renton Municipal AirportRNT, 27 mi
- King County International Airport - Boeing FieldBFI, 29 mi
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 30 mi
- Bremerton National AirportPWT, 35 mi