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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Freeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field until 10 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field is 39° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 22° by 6 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 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 20°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 67 miles off.
Yesterday measured 44, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,452 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Steamboat Springs (SBS), Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
39 F at 8 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 29 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM to 98% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.65 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 17 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
Steamboat Springs: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,877 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
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
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Snow on the ground
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.