Temperature
48 F at 2 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Marshall Army Air Field, Kansas
Medium airport in Geary County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
47°
55°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Marshall Army Air Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Marshall Army Air Field is 47° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
61%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
47feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5542
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6033
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6738
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
7247
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7850
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8156
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8160
15%
47°
55°42°
60°33°
67°38°
72°47°
78°50°
81°56°
81°60°
As of 3:00 AM in Marshall Army Air Field, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Marshall Army Air Field
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 56 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Marshall Army Air Field
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Marshall Army Air Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FRI
- ICAO
- KFRI
- IATA
- FRI
- Field elevation
- 1,065 ft
- Serves
- Fort Riley (Junction City)
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FRI
- Wind now
- From 320° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,503 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 50° / 230° | 0 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Riley (FRI), Marshall Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 12 AM to 95% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 AM 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 200 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Riley: 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 Marshall Army Air 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 now4 instruments
Fort RileyFRI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,065 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - Junction CityK5JCT
Beside a road/1.7 mi away/1,064 ft/1 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/1,135 ft/70 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Manhattan 6 SSW53974
At a climate reference station/9.4 mi away/1,137 ft/72 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Junction City 6.3 ENEKS-GE-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,077 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ft RileyFRYK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/1,266 ft/201 ft above 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 Ft Riley (FRYK1), 4.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Marshall Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grandview Plazacity, 2 mi
- Fort Rileycommunity, 4 mi
- Junction Citycity, 5 mi
- Ogdencity, 5 mi
- Milfordcity, 12 mi
- Keatscommunity, 12 mi
- Manhattancity, 14 mi
- Chapmancity, 15 mi
- Dwightcity, 17 mi
- Rileycity, 17 mi
- Wakefieldcity, 18 mi
- White Citycity, 18 mi
Airports near Marshall Army Air Field
- Manhattan Regional AirportMHK, 8 mi
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 51 mi
- Marysville Municipal AirportMYZ, 56 mi
- Blosser Municipal AirportCNK, 59 mi
- Emporia Municipal AirportEMP, 59 mi
- Topeka Regional AirportFOE, 60 mi
- Philip Billard Municipal AirportTOP, 61 mi
- Mc Pherson AirportMPR, 70 mi