Temperature
52 F at 7 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 74F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Tri Cities Airport
Tri Cities Airport, Washington
Medium airport in Franklin County, Washington55°
74°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 6 mph NNW
Now. Tri Cities Airport is 55° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 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 Saturday, near 71°, and the coolest Monday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:53 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
55feels55
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7437
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6937
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7138
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
6433
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6234
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6234
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6333
mostly clear day
55°
74°37°
69°37°
71°38°
64°33°
62°34°
62°34°
63°33°
As of 8:00 PM in Tri Cities Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Tri Cities Airport
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Kennewick (WA), 5 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tri Cities Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Tri Cities Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PSC
- ICAO
- KPSC
- IATA
- PSC
- Field elevation
- 410 ft
- Serves
- Pasco
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PSC
- Wind now
- From 340° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L / 21R | 7,707 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 3 mph head, on 03L | 6 mph from the left |
| 03R / 21L unlit | 4,423 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | 3 mph head, on 03R | 6 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 7,703 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 6 mph head, on 30 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pasco/Tri-Cities (PSC), Tri Cities Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM to 96% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 4 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 4 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Pasco/Tri-Cities: 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 Tri Cities Airport, 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/407 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Twin BridgesTTWIN
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/423 ft/13 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Juniper Dunes RAWSJUFW1
A remote fire weather station/13.4 mi away/827 ft/417 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pasco 2.2 NWWA-FK-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/528 ft/118 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennewickKENW1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/341 ft/69 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 Tri Cities Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pascocity, 2 mi
- West Pascocommunity, 2 mi
- Kennewickcity, 5 mi
- Finleycommunity, 7 mi
- Burbankcommunity, 7 mi
- Richlandcity, 8 mi
- West Richlandcity, 11 mi
- Wallulacommunity, 16 mi
- Benton Citycity, 18 mi
- Basin Citycommunity, 22 mi
- Mesacity, 22 mi
- Touchetcommunity, 26 mi
Airports near Tri Cities Airport
- Richland AirportRLD, 9 mi
- Sunnyside Municipal Airport1S5, 41 mi
- Walla Walla Regional AirportALW, 41 mi
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 66 mi
- Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKM, 71 mi
- Ephrata Municipal AirportEPH, 74 mi
- Bowers FieldELN, 85 mi
- Pangborn Memorial AirportEAT, 94 mi