Silver West Airport, Colorado

Small airport in Custer County, Colorado

28° 48°/26°

Mostly clear· Feels like 22°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE

Now. Silver West Airport is 28° and mostly clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 22°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 5 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 Saturday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.

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 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

72%Humidity

13%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

28feels22

Today

Oct 15

4826

23mph

UV 6

Fri

Oct 16

5425

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6330

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

6133

Mon

Oct 19

5836

21%

Tue

Oct 20

5836

20%

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

6037

20%

28°

48°26°

54°25°

63°30°

61°33°

58°36°

60°37°

As of 10:00 PM in Silver West Airport, Colorado.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver West Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.20in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Silver West Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

Airfield

Code: C08
ICAO: -
IATA: -
Field elevation: 8,290 ft
Serves: Westcliffe
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: C08
Wind now: From 90° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
13 / 31 unlit	6,954 ft	55 ft	Asphalt	148° / 328°	3 mph head, on 13	5 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Westcliffe (C08), Silver West Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

27 F at 9 PM; 47 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 27 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now: 27F; 9 PM
Highest: 47F; 1 PM
Lowest: 27F; 9 PM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 24 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM to 88% at 9 PM.

Dew point now: 24F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 88%
Humidity, range: 46 to 88%

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

Wind

5 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 35 mph at 2 PM.

Now: 5mph; from the east
Strongest: 23mph; 3 PM
Highest gust: 35mph; 2 PM

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

Pressure

30.67 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.67inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.07inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.51inHg

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 3,300 ft at 8 PM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 3,300ft; 8 PM
Hours with a base reported: 17

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

Westcliffe: 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 Silver West 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

WestcliffeC08

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/8,241 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

South Colony SnotelSCYC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.4 mi away/10,800 ft/2,510 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

La Veta Pass (74)CO028

Beside a road/29.1 mi away/9,358 ft/1,068 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Westcliffe 8.2 SSECO-CU-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/8,206 ft/84 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

WestcliffeWSTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/7,813 ft/477 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Westcliffe (WSTC2), 10.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

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

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Astronaut Kent Rominger AirportRCV, 57 mi

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Silver West Airport, Colorado

What has fallen at Silver West Airport

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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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