Now. Whiteman Air Force Base is 55° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 60 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 12,400 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 11° / 191° | 13 mph head, on 01 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Whiteman AFB (SZL), Whiteman Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 10 PM Thursday; 77 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 50 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 1 PM Thursday to 95% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
15 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 17 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.18 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.26 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Whiteman AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Whiteman Air Force 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
Whiteman AFBSZL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/869 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powell GardensS2061
At a soil climate station/27.7 mi away/967 ft/97 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Powell Gardens ScanPWGM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.8 mi away/960 ft/90 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Whiteman AFB 0.8 WSWMO-JH-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/839 ft/31 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Valley CityVALM7
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/722 ft/148 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Valley City (VALM7), 9.9 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.