Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport is 34° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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 59° all week. Rain is likely Thursday (62%). Rain is possible Wednesday (34%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:32 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.
As of 12:00 AM in Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, San Luis Valley (CO), 27 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 4,812 ft | 60 ft | Grass | 29° / 209° | 6 mph head, on 21 | 11 mph from the right |
| 06 / 24 | 6,051 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 13 mph head, on 24 | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Del Norte (RCV), Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
36 F at 9 PM Thursday; 56 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 28 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 3 PM Thursday to 78% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the west at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 15 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.62 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,400 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Del Norte: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Del NorteRCV
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/7,913 ft/36 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rio Grande River 6 W Del NorteDNRC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/7,999 ft/50 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Del Norte 0.25 NWCO-RG-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/7,884 ft/65 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Del NorteDLNC2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/7,999 ft/50 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Del Norte (DLNC2), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.