Temperature
72 F at 5 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bowman Field, Kentucky
Medium airport in Jefferson County, Kentucky72°
61°/56°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WSW
Now. Bowman Field is 72° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 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 day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
72%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
72feels72
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6156
45%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5741
10%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6335
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6738
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7040
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7242
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7444
clear day
72°
61°56°
57°41°
63°35°
67°38°
70°40°
72°42°
74°44°
As of 5:00 AM in Bowman Field, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Bowman Field
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 3 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate0.3 mi
- Ozone38Good27 ppb0.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good0.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide16Good17.3 ppb0.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm0.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 60YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bowman Field
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.87in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 25%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bowman Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LOU
- ICAO
- KLOU
- IATA
- LOU
- Field elevation
- 546 ft
- Serves
- Louisville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LOU
- Wind now
- From 230° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,358 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | 9 mph head, on 24 | 1 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 3,580 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 1 mph head, on 15 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Louisville/Bowman (LOU), Bowman Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 1 AM to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 62 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 5 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 5 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 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.14 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Louisville/Bowman: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Bowman 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/548 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3
Beside a road/15.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Seneca Gardens 1.0 NKY-JF-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/538 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/653 ft/107 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 Louisville Ky (LMK), 7.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Bowman Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kingsleycity, 1 mi
- Seneca Gardenscity, 1 mi
- Wellingtoncity, 1 mi
- Strathmoor Villagecity, 1 mi
- Strathmoor Manorcity, 1 mi
- Norbourne Estatescity, 2 mi
- Meadowview Estatescity, 2 mi
- St. Matthewscity, 2 mi
- Richlawncity, 2 mi
- Bellewoodcity, 2 mi
- West Buechelcity, 2 mi
- Lincolnshirecity, 2 mi
Airports near Bowman Field
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportSDF, 6 mi
- Godman Army Air FieldFTK, 28 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 30 mi
- Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional AirportEKX, 40 mi
- Capital City AirportFFT, 41 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 47 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 52 mi
- Blue Grass AirportLEX, 59 mi