Temperature
46 F at 10 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ray S Miller Army Air Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Morrison County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
45°
54°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Ray S Miller Army Air Field until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ray S Miller Army Air Field is 45° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
76%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
45feels39
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5436
60%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
4835
46%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5529
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6138
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6036
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6337
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6746
19%
45°
54°36°
48°35°
55°29°
61°38°
60°36°
63°37°
67°46°
As of 10:00 PM in Ray S Miller Army Air Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Ray S Miller Army Air Field
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 34 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good23.4 mi
- Ozone19Good22 ppb23.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ray S Miller Army Air Field
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ray S Miller Army Air Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RYM
- ICAO
- KRYM
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,150 ft
- Serves
- Fort Ripley
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RYM
- Wind now
- From 300° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,100 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 15 mph head, on 31 | 4 mph from the left |
| 132 / 312 unlit | 4,000 ft | 90 ft | GRAVEL | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ray Miller Army Field (RYM), Ray S Miller Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 6 PM to 94% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 4 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 4 PM
- 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 600 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ray Miller Army Field: 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 Ray S Miller Army Air Field, 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
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,133 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Falls - Dnr Fire WxLXLM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/1,142 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lastrup MN-25 Mile Post 140MN035
Beside a road/12.8 mi away/1,302 ft/152 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Little Falls 6.0 NNWMN-MR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,129 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BrainerdBRAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/18.9 mi away/1,178 ft/28 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 Brainerd (BRAM5), 18.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ray S Miller Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Ray S Miller Army Air Field
- Little Falls-Morrison County-Lindbergh fieldLXL, 10 mi
- Brainerd Lakes Regional AirportBRD, 24 mi
- Todd Field14Y, 28 mi
- Staples Municipal AirportSAZ, 29 mi
- Sauk Centre Municipal AirportD39, 38 mi
- Saint Cloud Regional AirportSTC, 40 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 44 mi
- Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz FieldAIT, 45 mi