Temperature
52 F at 11 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 9 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 11 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 9 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
La Porte Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in LaPorte County, Indiana* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In Indiana, Northern La Porte and Southern La Porte Counties. In Michigan, Northern Berrien and Southern Berrien Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ this afternoon to 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
52°
57°/45°
Light rain·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for La Porte Municipal Airport until 11 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 69% around 5 PM.
Now. La Porte Municipal Airport is 52° and light rain at 12 PM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
19Air quality
98%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
52feels52
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
5745
99%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5734
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6334
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6835
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7137
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7140
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7341
mostly clear day
52°
57°45°
57°34°
63°34°
68°35°
71°37°
71°40°
73°41°
As of 12:00 PM in La Porte Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at La Porte Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 23 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good24.5 mi
- Ozone19Good16 ppb4.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-21.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Porte Municipal Airport
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.32in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 16%
Visibility
How far you can see at La Porte Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PPO
- ICAO
- KPPO
- IATA
- LPO
- Field elevation
- 812 ft
- Serves
- La Porte
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PPO
- Wind now
- From 290° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | 0 mph head, on 02 | 10 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 2,797 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 9 mph head, on 32 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from La Porte (PPO), La Porte Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 88% at 8 AM to 100% at 1 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 88 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west northwest at 11 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 PM Thursday
- 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 400 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
La Porte: 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 La Porte 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 now3 instruments
La PortePPO
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/791 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-94 @ US-421IN002
Beside a road/10.2 mi away/659 ft/153 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Knox - Yellow RiverKXNI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.5 mi away/686 ft/126 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
La Porte 3.1 SSWIN-LP-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/794 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LaporteLAPI3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/804 ft/8 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 Laporte (LAPI3), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near La Porte Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- La Portecity, 2 mi
- LaPortecity, 3 mi
- Kingsburytown, 4 mi
- Wellsborocommunity, 6 mi
- Union Millscommunity, 6 mi
- Kingsford Heightstown, 7 mi
- Stillwellcommunity, 7 mi
- South Centercommunity, 8 mi
- Rolling Prairiecommunity, 9 mi
- Fish Lakecommunity, 9 mi
- Westvilletown, 10 mi
- Trail Creektown, 11 mi
Airports near La Porte Municipal Airport
- Michigan City Municipal AirportMGC, 10 mi
- Porter County Municipal AirportVPZ, 16 mi
- Starke County AirportOXI, 17 mi
- South Bend International AirportSBN, 24 mi
- Plymouth Municipal AirportC65, 27 mi
- Gary/Chicago International AirportGYY, 35 mi
- Elkhart Municipal AirportEKM, 39 mi
- Fulton County AirportRCR, 45 mi