Airports/Washington/Lopez Island Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (70%).
Now. Lopez Island Airport is 49° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 4 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 59°, and the coolest Sunday, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:53 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 49 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lopez Island Airport, Washington.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 15 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 unlit | 2,905 ft | 61 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Lopez (S31), Lopez Island Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
53 F at 8 PM Thursday; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 49 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the north at 8 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.26 inHg at 8 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 8 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lopez: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Lopez Island 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
LopezS31
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/190 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Roche Harbor - English CampNSJW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/84 ft/125 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount VernonTAVON
Beside a road/23.3 mi away/16 ft/193 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lopez Island 1.2 SWWA-SJ-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/184 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/21.6 mi away/3 ft/206 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.