Temperature
64 F at 8 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 74F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Tacoma Narrows Airport
Tacoma Narrows Airport, Washington
Medium airport in Pierce County, Washington62°
71°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 71° today.
Now. Tacoma Narrows Airport is 62° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° by 11 PM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 62°, and the coolest Thursday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (30%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
56Air quality
55%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7147
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 17
6254
67%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5944
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5845
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5844
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6043
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5744
30%
62°
71°47°
62°54°
59°44°
58°45°
58°44°
60°43°
57°44°
As of 9:00 PM in Tacoma Narrows Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Tacoma Narrows Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 8 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate6.3 mi
- Ozone-1 ppb20.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-23 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide19Good20.1 ppb6.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb24.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.2 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
- 33SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
- 33TueOct 20
- 33WedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tacoma Narrows Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Tacoma Narrows Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TIW
- ICAO
- KTIW
- IATA
- TIW
- Field elevation
- 294 ft
- Serves
- Tacoma
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- TIW
- Wind now
- From 220° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 186° / 6° | 5 mph head, on 17 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tacoma Narrows (TIW), Tacoma Narrows Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 4 PM to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 54%
- Humidity, range
- 30 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south at 9 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 8 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.21inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.1 miles at 5 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.1mi
- 5 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 8
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Tacoma Narrows: 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 Tacoma Narrows 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/292 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/7 ft/287 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Spring Brook Ck Nr OrilliaSBKW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.0 mi away/23 ft/271 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gig Harbor 4.3 SWA-PR-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/167 ft/127 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tacoma No. 1TACW1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/6 ft/288 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 Tacoma Narrows Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wollochetcommunity, 2 mi
- Fox Islandcommunity, 3 mi
- Artondalecommunity, 3 mi
- Rustoncity, 4 mi
- University Placecity, 4 mi
- Fircrestcity, 4 mi
- Gig Harborcity, 4 mi
- Rosedalecommunity, 6 mi
- Raft Islandcommunity, 6 mi
- Tacomacity, 7 mi
- Steilacoomtown, 7 mi
- Browns Pointcommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Tacoma Narrows Airport
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 10 mi
- Gray Army Air FieldGRF, 13 mi
- Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSEA, 18 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 18 mi
- Bremerton National AirportPWT, 18 mi
- King County International Airport - Boeing FieldBFI, 22 mi
- Renton Municipal AirportRNT, 23 mi
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 26 mi