Midland Country Club, North Carolina

Now. Midland Country Club is 45° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 61% lit, and sets at 1:46 AM after midnight. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.