Temperature
36 F at 2 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM Friday, and 33 F at its coolest, 10 PM Friday.
- Now
- 36F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 4 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 33F
- 10 PM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Grant County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Wadena, East Otter Tail, Grant, West Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
36°
61°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 28°·Gentle breeze 11 mph S
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport is 36° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 11 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 72°, and the coolest Monday, near 63°. Rain is possible Friday (43%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:16 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 day is 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
23Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
36feels28
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6134
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
6544
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6341
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6644
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6949
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7048
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7254
43%
16mph
36°
61°34°
65°44°
63°41°
66°44°
69°49°
70°48°
72°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 40 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone23Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- Y63
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,205 ft
- Serves
- Elbow Lake
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- Y63
- Wind now
- From 180° at 12 mph, read 17 Oct, 02:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 3,401 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 9 mph head, on 14 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elbow Lake (Y63), Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM Friday to 86% at 4 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 5 AM Friday, with a gust of 32 mph at 3 AM Friday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 5 AM Friday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 3 AM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.39 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.39inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 1,300 ft at 4 AM Friday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 4 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Elbow Lake: 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 Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Elbow LakeY63
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,204 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-94 - Evansville - MP 82.8MN133
Beside a road/12.6 mi away/1,365 ft/160 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Morris 2EMRIM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.8 mi away/1,140 ft/65 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Elbow Lake 0.4 ENEMN-GR-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,222 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Orwell DamORWM5
At a dam/18.0 mi away/1,079 ft/126 ft below 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 Orwell Dam (ORWM5), 18.0 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport
- Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson FieldFFM, 22 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt FieldMOX, 29 mi
- Chandler FieldAXN, 30 mi
- Wheaton Municipal AirportETH, 30 mi
- Glenwood Municipal AirportGHW, 40 mi
- Benson Municipal AirportBBB, 48 mi
- Wadena Municipal AirportADC, 49 mi
- Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson FieldVVV, 51 mi