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Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field, Colorado

Small airport in Routt County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 67 miles off.

35Good
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

How far you can see at Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.

ThuFriSat

Airfield

Code
SBS
ICAO
KSBS
IATA
SBS
Field elevation
6,882 ft
Serves
Steamboat Springs
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
SBS
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 324,452 ft100 ftAsphalt154° / 334°CalmCalm
14321,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Steamboat Springs (SBS), Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

39 F at 8 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
39F
8 PM
Highest
50F
4 PM
Lowest
33F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Steamboat Springs, temperature from 33.1 to 49.9, the latest 38.9; dew point from 27.7 to 36.3, the latest 29.3, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF203040509 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 29 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM to 98% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
29F
8 PM
Humidity now
68%
Humidity, range
42 to 98%
Relative humidity at Steamboat Springs, relative humidity from 42 to 98, the latest 68, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
10mph
5 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Steamboat Springs, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Wind direction at Steamboat Springs, wind direction from 50 to 300, the latest 300, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Pressure

30.65 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.65inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.49inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Steamboat Springs, pressure, altimeter from 30.16 to 30.65, the latest 30.65, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.2030.4030.6030.809 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
4mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Steamboat Springs, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
2 AM
Hours with a base reported
17
Lowest cloud base at Steamboat Springs, lowest cloud base from 200 to 5,000, the latest 5,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMMVFRVFR

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

Steamboat Springs: 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 Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field, 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

Steamboat SpringsSBS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,877 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Steamboat Springs (5)CO102

Beside a road/4.6 mi away/6,751 ft/131 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Dry Lake SnotelDRLC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/4.6 mi away/8,400 ft/1,518 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Steamboat Springs 3.0 NWCO-RT-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/6,783 ft/99 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Steamboat SpringsSBTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/6,739 ft/143 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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