McElroy Airfield, Colorado

Small airport in Grand County, Colorado

31° 53°/25°

Clear· Feels like 31°·Calm 1 mph NNW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 53° today.

Now. McElroy Airfield is 31° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 19° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 16°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

80%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

31feels31

Today

Oct 15

5325

23%

13mph

Fri

Oct 16

6116

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

6422

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

6324

Mon

Oct 19

6326

Tue

Oct 20

6427

12%

Wed

Oct 21

6628

11%

31°

53°25°

61°16°

64°22°

63°24°

63°26°

64°27°

66°28°

As of 11:00 PM in McElroy Airfield, Colorado.

Precipitation

What has fallen at McElroy Airfield

None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.19in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at McElroy Airfield, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Airfield

Code: 20V
ICAO: -
IATA: -
Field elevation: 7,411 ft
Serves: Kremmling
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: 20V
Wind now: Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
09 / 27	5,540 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	104° / 284°	Calm	Calm

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Kremmling (20V), McElroy Airfield's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

36 F at 9 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 34 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now: 36F; 9 PM
Highest: 48F; 2 PM
Lowest: 34F; 6 AM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 28 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM to 95% at 6 AM.

Dew point now: 28F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 73%
Humidity, range: 46 to 95%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

7 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 12 PM.

Now: 7mph; from the north
Strongest: 15mph; 2 PM
Highest gust: 25mph; 12 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.72 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.72inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.09inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.55inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 10+mi
Hours under a mile: 0

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,800 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 1,800ft; 3 AM
Hours with a base reported: 16

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 3 AM.

Last 24 hours: 0.03in
Wettest hour: 0.01in; 3 AM
Hours with some: 3

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Kremmling: 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 McElroy Airfield, 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

Kremmling20V

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7,411 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Williams Fork 4 S ParshallWKFC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/7,844 ft/433 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

040E22415RWS1RHS at Fraser Flats CO US CDOTCO139

Beside a road/28.9 mi away/8,379 ft/968 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Kremmling 0.3 NECO-GR-69

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/7,439 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Williams Fork DamWIFC2

At a dam/8.9 mi away/7,782 ft/371 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Williams Fork Dam (WIFC2), 8.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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Airports near McElroy Airfield

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McElroy Airfield, Colorado

What has fallen at McElroy Airfield

How far you can see at McElroy Airfield, the next 44 hours

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Runways

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Temperature

Humidity and dew point

Wind

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Visibility

Cloud base

Precipitation

What is measuring near here

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