Temperature
48 F at 2 AM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 48F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 81F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Pearson Field
Pearson Field, Washington
Small airport in Clark County, Washington53°
79°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 53°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (58%).
Now. Pearson Field is 53° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 4 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (58%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7953
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6750
58%
Sun
Oct 18
6641
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6142
10%
Tue
Oct 20
6441
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6739
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6241
19%
53°
79°53°
67°50°
66°41°
61°42°
64°41°
67°39°
62°41°
As of 2:00 AM in Pearson Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Pearson Field
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Portland (OR), 6 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
- Ozone33Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pearson Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Pearson Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VUO
- ICAO
- KVUO
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 25 ft
- Serves
- Vancouver
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VUO
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 3,275 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 98° / 278° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pearson Airpark Vancouver (VUO), Pearson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 68%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.24 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.24inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 8 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pearson 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/26 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/0.9 mi away/95 ft/70 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/56 ft/31 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Vancouver 0.4 WNWWA-CK-77
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/217 ft/192 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vancouver 4 NNEVNCW1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/240 ft/215 ft above 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 Pearson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Minnehahacommunity, 3 mi
- Hazel Dellcommunity, 4 mi
- Vancouvercity, 4 mi
- Lake Shorecommunity, 5 mi
- Salmon Creekcommunity, 6 mi
- Five Cornerscommunity, 6 mi
- Barbertoncommunity, 6 mi
- Felidacommunity, 7 mi
- Orchardscommunity, 8 mi
- Mount Vistacommunity, 8 mi
- Brush Prairiecommunity, 10 mi
- Meadow Gladecommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Pearson Field
- Southwest Washington Regional AirportKLS, 36 mi
- Chehalis Centralia AirportCLS, 75 mi
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 94 mi
- Gray Army Air FieldGRF, 101 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 104 mi
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 105 mi
- Bowerman AirportHQM, 112 mi
- Tacoma Narrows AirportTIW, 114 mi