Temperature
41 F at 9 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 41 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 41F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 41F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Vance Brand Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Boulder County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
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.
42°
62°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Calm 1 mph SW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Vance Brand Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Vance Brand Airport is 42° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
77%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
42feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6238
72%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5930
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7634
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7540
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7143
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7542
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7845
partly cloudy day
42°
62°38°
59°30°
76°34°
75°40°
71°43°
75°42°
78°45°
As of 9:00 PM in Vance Brand Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Vance Brand Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 24 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vance Brand Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.64in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 20%
Visibility
How far you can see at Vance Brand Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LMO
- ICAO
- KLMO
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 5,055 ft
- Serves
- Longmont
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LMO
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,799 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 124° / 304° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Longmont/Vbrand (LMO), Vance Brand Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM to 95% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.63 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.63inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.51inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 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 600 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Longmont/Vbrand: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Vance Brand 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,056 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Saint Vrain Creek 1 SE LyonsLNSC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/5,417 ft/362 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Del Camino (43)CO052
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/4,788 ft/267 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/22.0 mi away/9,828 ft/4,773 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Longmont 3.1 WSWCO-BO-571
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/5,062 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Longmont ProfilerLONC2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/4,989 ft/66 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Longmont Profiler (LONC2), 2.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:15. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Vance Brand Airport
- Boulder Municipal AirportBDU, 9 mi
- Erie Municipal AirportEIK, 12 mi
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan AirportBJC, 18 mi
- Northern Colorado Regional AirportFNL, 21 mi
- Denver International AirportDEN, 33 mi
- Greeley-Weld County AirportGXY, 34 mi
- Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 39 mi
- Granby Grand County AirportGNB, 40 mi