Temperature
28 F at 2 AM; 56 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 27 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 28F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 56F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 27F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field, Colorado
Medium airport in Alamosa County, Colorado* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to mid 20s are expected. * WHERE...The San Luis Valley * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Sub-freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A hard freeze is expected to end the growing season across the remainder of the San Luis Valley.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
29°
59°/23°
Clear·
Feels like 29°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field is 29° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 27° 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 64° all week. Rain is likely Thursday (52%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:31 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
85%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
29feels29
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5923
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6324
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6227
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6332
10%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6533
21%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6435
28%
Thu
Oct 22
6337
52%
15mph
29°
59°23°
63°24°
62°27°
63°32°
65°33°
64°35°
63°37°
As of 3:00 AM in San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 9 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ALS
- ICAO
- KALS
- IATA
- ALS
- Field elevation
- 7,539 ft
- Serves
- Alamosa
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ALS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 8,521 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Alamosa Muni(AWOS) (ALS), San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 24 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 1 PM Thursday to 92% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.67 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.67inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
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 5,000 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Alamosa Muni(AWOS): 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 San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/7,543 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AlamosaALS
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/7,536 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
La Veta Pass (74)CO028
Beside a road/39.0 mi away/9,358 ft/1,819 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Alamosa 2SALBC2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/7,536 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Alamosa 1.6 SSWCO-AM-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/7,555 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Alamosacity, 2 mi
- Alamosa Eastcommunity, 3 mi
- La Jaratown, 12 mi
- Sanfordtown, 12 mi
- Capulincommunity, 17 mi
- Monte Vistacity, 18 mi
- Manassatown, 18 mi
- Romeotown, 19 mi
- Blancatown, 19 mi
- Hoopertown, 21 mi
- San Acaciocommunity, 23 mi
- Fort Garlandcommunity, 24 mi
Airports near San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field
- Astronaut Kent Rominger AirportRCV, 33 mi
- Silver West AirportC08, 48 mi
- Saguache Municipal Airport04V, 49 mi
- Spanish Peaks Airfield4V1, 62 mi
- Mineral County Memorial AirportC24, 64 mi
- Stevens FieldPSO, 66 mi
- Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander FieldANK, 77 mi
- Fremont County Airport1V6, 80 mi