Airports/Puerto Rico/Rafael Hernández International Airport
Now. Rafael Hernández International Airport is 76° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 11 PM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 88° all week. Thunderstorms is likely Sunday (60%), Monday (60%), Tuesday (60%) and Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible tomorrow (40%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 44 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Rafael Hernández International Airport, Puerto Rico.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Catano (PR), 65 miles off.
Yesterday measured 46, good.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 11,702 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Aguadilla (TJBQ), Rafael Hernández International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
82 F at 8 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 77 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 77 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 11 AM Thursday to 94% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the east at 8 PM Thursday; at its strongest 20 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.99 inHg at 8 PM Thursday, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,900 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Aguadilla: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Rafael Hernández International Airport, 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
AguadillaTJBQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/236 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/13.5 mi away/525 ft/288 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MiraderoS2232
At a soil climate station/19.6 mi away/155 ft/82 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Aguadilla 5.5 NNEPR-AL-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/131 ft/106 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Calero CampAGDP4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/290 ft/53 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.