Temperature
71 F at 1 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Glasgow Municipal Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Barren County, Kentucky71°
66°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 66° today.
Now. Glasgow Municipal Airport is 71° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
66%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6659
21%
Sat
Oct 17
5841
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6535
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6838
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7140
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7342
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7542
overcast
71°
66°59°
58°41°
65°35°
68°38°
71°40°
73°42°
75°42°
As of 2:00 AM in Glasgow Municipal Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Glasgow Municipal Airport
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bowling Green (KY), 30 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Glasgow Municipal Airport
0.88 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.88in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 61%
Visibility
How far you can see at Glasgow Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GLW
- ICAO
- KGLW
- IATA
- GLW
- Field elevation
- 716 ft
- Serves
- Glasgow
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GLW
- Wind now
- From 220° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,301 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | 5 mph head, on 25 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Glasgow Muni (GLW), Glasgow Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 4 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 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.92 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.34 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.92in
- Wettest hour
- 0.34in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Glasgow Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Glasgow 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 now5 instruments
Glasgow MuniGLW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/715 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KY-90 at mile 1103_90_0011
Beside a road/4.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mammoth Cave ScanMAMK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.7 mi away/800 ft/84 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mammoth CaveS2079
At a soil climate station/11.7 mi away/800 ft/84 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Bowling Green 21 NNE63849
At a climate reference station/21.4 mi away/790 ft/74 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glasgow 0.6 SSWKY-BR-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/766 ft/50 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mammoth CaveMAMK2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/789 ft/73 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AshlandcityBlack MountainfeatureBowling GreencityCorbincityCovingtoncityDaniel Boone National ForestfeatureElizabethtowncityFrankfortcityHopkinsvillecityLexingtoncityLondoncityLouisvillecityMammoth Cave National ParkfeatureMiddlesborocityMurraycityOwensborocityPaducahcityPikevillecityRed River GorgefeatureRichmondcitySomersetcity
Near Glasgow Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Glasgowcity, 3 mi
- Park Citycity, 7 mi
- Cave Citycity, 7 mi
- Hisevillecommunity, 9 mi
- Horse Cavecity, 11 mi
- Smiths Grovecity, 14 mi
- Mammoth Cave National Parkfeature, 14 mi
- Oaklandcity, 16 mi
- Summer Shadecommunity, 17 mi
- Munfordvillecity, 17 mi
- Hardyvillecommunity, 18 mi
- Edmontoncity, 19 mi
Airports near Glasgow Municipal Airport
- Bowling Green Warren County Regional AirportBWG, 26 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 42 mi
- Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional AirportEKX, 45 mi
- Russell County AirportK24, 47 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 57 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 59 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 60 mi
- Godman Army Air FieldFTK, 60 mi