Nakmaktuak Pass, Alaska

Now. Nakmaktuak Pass is 16° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 1°. The dew point is 8°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 16 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 20° by 3 PM. Tonight holds near 19°, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 19°, and the coolest Thursday, near 13°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 27 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 18°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 9 hours 18 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.