Temperature
50 F at 5 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 4 PM Friday, and 50 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 4 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base
Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts
Medium airport in Hampden County, Massachusetts48°
52°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Now. Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base is 48° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 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 Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:54 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
59%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
48feels43
now, overcast
Today
Oct 17
5241
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5631
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6133
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6538
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5940
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6038
10%
Fri
Oct 23
6241
12mph
48°
52°41°
56°31°
61°33°
65°38°
59°40°
60°38°
62°41°
As of 6:00 AM in Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hampden-Hampshire (MA), 7 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good1.3 mi
- Ozone20Good23 ppb1.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb1.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base
0.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
Visibility
How far you can see at Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CEF
- ICAO
- KCEF
- IATA
- CEF
- Field elevation
- 241 ft
- Serves
- Chicopee
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CEF
- Wind now
- From 350° at 12 mph, read 17 Oct, 05:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 11,597 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt | 34° / 214° | 9 mph head, on 05 | 8 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 7,085 ft | 147 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 10 mph head, on 33 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chicopee/Westover (CEF), Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 3 AM to 94% at 10 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 59%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 PM Friday, with a gust of 23 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 11 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 AM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 AM Friday
- 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 400 ft at 10 AM Friday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.39 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 8 AM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.39in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 8 AM Friday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chicopee/Westover: 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 Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/246 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HolyokeMA027
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/403 ft/162 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Westfield RiverCSTM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.1 mi away/522 ft/281 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ludlow 0.7 NWMA-HD-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/233 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a dam/11.3 mi away/505 ft/264 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 Winsor Dam-Quabbin Rsvr (BCNM3), 11.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chicopeecity, 3 mi
- Granbycommunity, 4 mi
- Holyokecity, 5 mi
- Wilbrahamcommunity, 6 mi
- Springfieldcity, 7 mi
- West Springfield Towncity, 8 mi
- Easthampton Towncity, 8 mi
- Belchertowncommunity, 9 mi
- Longmeadowcommunity, 10 mi
- Agawam Towncity, 10 mi
- Palmer Towncity, 10 mi
- Northamptoncity, 11 mi
Airports near Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base
- Westfield-Barnes Regional AirportBAF, 10 mi
- Orange Municipal AirportORE, 29 mi
- Worcester Regional AirportORH, 34 mi
- Pittsfield Municipal AirportPSF, 42 mi
- Fitchburg Municipal AirportFIT, 47 mi
- Harriman and West AirportAQW, 47 mi
- Laurence G Hanscom FieldBED, 66 mi
- Norwood Memorial AirportOWD, 70 mi