Temperature
46 F at 12 AM; 56 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 56F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Blosser Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Cloud County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Tender plants should be brought inside or covered to protect them from the cold.
46°
54°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Blosser Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Blosser Municipal Airport is 46° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels40
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5441
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6737
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
7046
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7648
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8055
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
8059
20%
13mph
46°
54°41°
60°30°
67°37°
70°46°
76°48°
80°55°
80°59°
As of 1:00 AM in Blosser Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Blosser Municipal Airport
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 67 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blosser Municipal Airport
0.61 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.61in
- Last 3 days
- 0.61in
Visibility
How far you can see at Blosser Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CNK
- ICAO
- KCNK
- IATA
- CNK
- Field elevation
- 1,486 ft
- Serves
- Concordia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CNK
- Wind now
- From 330° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 unlit | 2,040 ft | 60 ft | Grass | 133° / 313° | 11 mph head, on 30 | 4 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Concordia (CNK), Blosser Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 12 AM to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
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 Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.62 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.20 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.62in
- Wettest hour
- 0.20in
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Concordia: 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 Blosser Municipal 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 now3 instruments
ConcordiaCNK
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,483 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Concordia 2SSECDAK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/1,539 ft/53 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-81 @ Republican R. ConcordiaK5CNC
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/1,348 ft/138 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Concordia 1.0 SKS-CD-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,471 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Concordia 1WCONK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/1,467 ft/19 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Blosser Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Concordiacity, 2 mi
- Auroracity, 9 mi
- Amescommunity, 11 mi
- Jamestowncity, 12 mi
- Norwaycommunity, 12 mi
- Clydecity, 14 mi
- Scottsvillecity, 16 mi
- Agendacity, 16 mi
- Glascocity, 16 mi
- Miltonvalecity, 17 mi
- Scandiacity, 18 mi
- Bellevillecity, 19 mi
Airports near Blosser Municipal Airport
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 52 mi
- Marysville Municipal AirportMYZ, 58 mi
- Marshall Army Air FieldFRI, 59 mi
- Manhattan Regional AirportMHK, 60 mi
- Smith Center Municipal AirportK82, 63 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 63 mi
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 78 mi
- Mc Pherson AirportMPR, 83 mi