Temperature
45 F at 8 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Broken Bow Municipal Airport, Nebraska
Small airport in Custer County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west central Nebraska. * 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. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
43°
59°/41°
Light rain·
Feels like 35°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Broken Bow Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 51° after 59° today.
Now. Broken Bow Municipal Airport is 43° and light rain at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:55 PM. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
63%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
43feels35
17mph
Today
Oct 15
5941
61%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5135
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6228
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6637
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7139
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7649
overcast
43°
59°41°
51°35°
62°28°
66°37°
66°39°
71°39°
76°49°
As of 9:00 PM in Broken Bow Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Broken Bow Municipal Airport
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 88%
Visibility
How far you can see at Broken Bow Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BBW
- ICAO
- KBBW
- IATA
- BBW
- Field elevation
- 2,547 ft
- Serves
- Broken Bow
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BBW
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,203 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 149° / 329° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Broken Bow Muni (BBW), Broken Bow Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 5 PM to 96% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- 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 1 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 18
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Broken Bow Muni: 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 Broken Bow Municipal Airport, 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/2,524 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arcadia HWY 70NE052
Beside a road/22.5 mi away/2,300 ft/247 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Middle Loup River AT DunningDNGN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.3 mi away/2,608 ft/61 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Broken Bow 0.5 NNE-CU-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/2,507 ft/40 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Broken Bow 2 WBKNN1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/2,500 ft/47 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Broken Bow Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Broken Bowcity, 2 mi
- Mernavillage, 7 mi
- Berwynvillage, 9 mi
- Westervillecommunity, 14 mi
- Ansleyvillage, 17 mi
- Anselmovillage, 17 mi
- Callawayvillage, 18 mi
- Sargentcity, 20 mi
- Ocontovillage, 21 mi
- Comstockvillage, 22 mi
- Mason Cityvillage, 23 mi
- Taylorvillage, 27 mi
Airports near Broken Bow Municipal Airport
- Evelyn Sharp FieldODX, 38 mi
- Jim Kelly FieldLXN, 45 mi
- North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird FieldLBF, 58 mi
- Kearney Regional AirportEAR, 59 mi
- Thomas County AirportTIF, 60 mi
- Brewster FieldHDE, 70 mi
- Central Nebraska Regional AirportGRI, 76 mi
- Ainsworth Regional AirportANW, 81 mi