Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado

Small airport in El Paso County, Colorado

Freeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert

38° 50°/35°

Clear· Feels like 34°·Light breeze 6 mph NNW

Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Meadow Lake Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Meadow Lake Airport is 38° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 7 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 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.

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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

67%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

9:00 PM

38feels34

Today

Oct 15

5035

29%

32mph

UV 6

Fri

Oct 16

5528

18mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6830

12mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

7242

Mon

Oct 19

6643

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

7042

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

7346

38°

50°35°

55°28°

68°30°

72°42°

66°43°

70°42°

73°46°

As of 9:00 PM in Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Meadow Lake Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.02in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Meadow Lake Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Airfield

Code: FLY
ICAO: KFLY
IATA: -
Field elevation: 6,874 ft
Serves: Colorado Springs
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: FLY
Wind now: From 350° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
08 / 26 unlit	2,126 ft	35 ft	Asphalt	91° / 271°	1 mph head, on 26	3 mph from the right
15 / 33	6,001 ft	60 ft	Asphalt	161° / 341°	3 mph head, on 33	None
N / S unlit	1,800 ft	15 ft	Asphalt	-	-	-

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 Meadow Lake (FLY), Meadow Lake Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

39 F at 9 PM; 46 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now: 39F; 9 PM
Highest: 46F; 4 PM
Lowest: 36F; 2 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 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 5 PM to 97% at 10 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now: 28F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 66%
Humidity, range: 54 to 97%

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

Wind

3 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 41 mph at 9 AM.

Now: 3mph; from the north
Strongest: 24mph; 9 AM
Highest gust: 41mph; 9 AM

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

Pressure

30.62 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.62inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.04inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.50inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 3mi; 10 PM Wednesday
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 200 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 200ft; 10 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported: 19

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

Meadow Lake: 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 Meadow Lake 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

Meadow LakeFLY

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,831 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Colorado Springs 5NE - AMRADBGPC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/6,849 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-25 @ Fountain Creek (85*)CO032

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/6,185 ft/689 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Peyton 8.9 SWCO-EP-462

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/6,784 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Colorado Springs 10NECMHC2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/6,952 ft/78 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Colorado Springs 10NE (CMHC2), 7.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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

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Fountaincity, 18 mi

Airports near Meadow Lake Airport

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Fremont County Airport1V6, 46 mi
Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 53 mi
Limon Municipal AirportLIC, 54 mi

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Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado

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How far you can see at Meadow Lake Airport, the next 46 hours

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Temperature

Humidity and dew point

Wind

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Visibility

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Precipitation

What is measuring near here

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