Temperature
58 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 58F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tri-City Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Labette County, Kansas58°
75°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 75° today.
Now. Tri-City Airport is 58° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:54 PM. 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
10Air quality
84%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
7563
84%
17mph
Fri
Oct 16
5644
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5935
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6536
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7042
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7746
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8051
overcast
58°
75°63°
56°44°
59°35°
65°36°
70°42°
77°46°
80°51°
As of 9:00 PM in Tri-City Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Tri-City Airport
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 24 miles off.
10Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
- Ozone10Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tri-City Airport
0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.61in
- Last 3 days
- 1.85in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Tri-City Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PPF
- ICAO
- KPPF
- IATA
- PPF
- Field elevation
- 900 ft
- Serves
- Parsons
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PPF
- Wind now
- From 360° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 8 mph head, on 35 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Parsons (PPF), Tri-City Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 53 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 83% at 8 PM to 97% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 53F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 83 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.19inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 2 AM
- 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 500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.50 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.50in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 17
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Parsons: 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 Tri-City Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ParsonsPPF
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/899 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Hill Creek AT Big Hill LakeBIGK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/876 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/13.8 mi away/1,000 ft/100 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cherryvale 0.4 EKS-MG-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/862 ft/38 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mound Valley 3 WSWMVLK1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/791 ft/109 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Tri-City Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cherryvalecity, 5 mi
- Denniscommunity, 6 mi
- Mound Valleycity, 10 mi
- Thayercity, 11 mi
- Sycamorecommunity, 11 mi
- Neodeshacity, 12 mi
- Parsonscity, 13 mi
- Galesburgcity, 13 mi
- Libertycity, 13 mi
- Independencecity, 13 mi
- Altamontcity, 15 mi
- Altoonacity, 16 mi
Airports near Tri-City Airport
- Coffeyville Municipal AirportCFV, 17 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIDP, 19 mi
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 23 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 38 mi
- Atkinson Municipal AirportPTS, 43 mi
- Fort Scott Municipal AirportFSK, 52 mi
- Eureka Municipal Airport13K, 56 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 68 mi