Temperature
39 F at 7 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 39F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Sanderson Field
Sanderson Field, Washington
Small airport in Mason County, Washington41°
74°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 74° today.
Now. Sanderson Field is 41° and clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 63°, and the coolest Monday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (63%). Rain is possible Thursday (30%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:01 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
100%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
41feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7446
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
6352
63%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6036
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5835
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6033
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6232
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5836
30%
41°
74°46°
63°52°
60°36°
58°35°
60°33°
62°32°
58°36°
As of 8:00 AM in Sanderson Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Sanderson Field
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater (WA), 21 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good20.8 mi
- Ozone0Good1 ppb20.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
- 17MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sanderson Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. 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 Sanderson Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SHN
- ICAO
- KSHN
- IATA
- SHN
- Field elevation
- 273 ft
- Serves
- Shelton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SHN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 07:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 68° / 248° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Shelton/Sanderson (SHN), Sanderson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 8 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 8 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.19inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM
- 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 100 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 1 AM
- 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
Shelton/Sanderson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sanderson 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/279 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McClearly 6NNW - Mason FireCQMW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/355 ft/82 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Oyster Bay RoadTOYST
Beside a road/11.6 mi away/161 ft/112 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Quinault 4 NE04237
At a climate reference station/36.4 mi away/286 ft/13 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Shelton 0.6 SWWA-MS-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/218 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a power station/9.5 mi away/52 ft/221 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 Sanderson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Sanderson Field
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 22 mi
- Bremerton National AirportPWT, 25 mi
- Tacoma Narrows AirportTIW, 27 mi
- Gray Army Air FieldGRF, 29 mi
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 32 mi
- Chehalis Centralia AirportCLS, 39 mi
- Bowerman AirportHQM, 41 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 41 mi