Airports/Iowa/Storm Lake Municipal Airport

Storm Lake Municipal Airport, Iowa

Small airport in Buena Vista County, Iowa

45° 54°/49°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW

Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Storm Lake Municipal Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Storm Lake Municipal Airport is 45° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.

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 day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

18Air quality

81%Humidity

44%Cloud

Now

9:00 PM

45feels39

14mph

Today

Oct 15

5449

100%

17mph

Fri

Oct 16

5041

25mph

Sat

Oct 17

5631

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

6341

17mph

Mon

Oct 19

6446

Tue

Oct 20

7046

Wed

Oct 21

7353

17%

45°

54°49°

50°41°

56°31°

63°41°

64°46°

70°46°

73°53°

As of 9:00 PM in Storm Lake Municipal Airport, Iowa.

Air quality

The air at Storm Lake Municipal Airport

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 58 miles off.

18Good

Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

GoodModerate

14YesterdayOct 14

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Storm Lake Municipal Airport

0.83 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.83in
Last 3 days: 0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Storm Lake Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

Airfield

Code: SLB
ICAO: KSLB
IATA: SLB
Field elevation: 1,488 ft
Serves: Storm Lake
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: SLB
Wind now: From 310° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
06 / 24 unlit	1,962 ft	95 ft	Grass	67° / 247°	6 mph head, on 24	12 mph from the right
13 / 31	3,034 ft	50 ft	Concrete	134° / 314°	14 mph head, on 31	1 mph from the left
17 / 35	5,002 ft	75 ft	Concrete	175° / 355°	10 mph head, on 35	10 mph from the left

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 Storm Lake (SLB), Storm Lake Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

45 F at 9 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 45 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now: 45F; 9 PM
Highest: 50F; 12 AM
Lowest: 45F; 9 PM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 39 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 8 PM to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now: 39F; 9 PM
Humidity now: 81%
Humidity, range: 74 to 100%

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

Wind

14 mph from the west northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 35 mph at 6 PM.

Now: 14mph; from the west northwest
Strongest: 18mph; 2 PM
Highest gust: 35mph; 6 PM

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

Pressure

30.18 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.18inHg; 9 PM
3 hours: +0.06inHg; rising
24 hours: +0.04inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 2 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 1mi; 2 PM
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 3 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 5,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 200ft; 3 AM
Hours with a base reported: 24

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 AM.

Last 24 hours: 0.03in
Wettest hour: 0.01in; 5 AM
Hours with some: 3

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Storm Lake: 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 Storm Lake Municipal 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

Storm LakeSLB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,476 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Early - US20/US71ERYI4

Beside a road/9.8 mi away/1,352 ft/136 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Shagbark Hills ScanSHAI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.1 mi away/1,400 ft/88 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Shagbark HillsS2068

At a soil climate station/29.3 mi away/1,119 ft/369 ft below here