Temperature
43 F at 8 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport, Nebraska
Medium airport in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * 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.
34°
59°/37°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 25°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport is 34° and mostly clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° by 7 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 Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
47%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
34feels25
13mph
Today
Oct 15
5937
100%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5626
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
7729
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7236
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7235
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7738
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7943
mostly clear day
34°
59°37°
56°26°
77°29°
72°36°
72°35°
77°38°
79°43°
As of 9:00 PM in Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 3 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport
0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Last 3 days
- 0.24in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 83%
Visibility
How far you can see at Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BFF
- ICAO
- KBFF
- IATA
- BFF
- Field elevation
- 3,967 ft
- Serves
- Scottsbluff
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BFF
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 69° / 249° | - | - |
| 12 / 30 | 8,279 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Scottsbluff (BFF), Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 24 F, the air 47% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 1 PM to 97% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 47%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 43 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.60 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.60inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.49inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 AM
- 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 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.33 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.33in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 21
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Scottsbluff: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport, 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 now4 instruments
ScottsbluffBFF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,948 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
D5-RWIS 385 187NE065
Beside a road/4.4 mi away/3,875 ft/92 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minatare Dam (USBR)MDAN1
At a dam/6.5 mi away/4,147 ft/180 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Harrison 20 SSE94077
At a climate reference station/38.3 mi away/4,406 ft/439 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Scottsbluff 1.3 ENENE-SB-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/3,923 ft/44 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScottsbluffSCBN1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/3,868 ft/99 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport
- Alliance Municipal AirportAIA, 43 mi
- Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj FieldIBM, 48 mi
- Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr FieldSNY, 62 mi
- Chadron Municipal AirportCDR, 71 mi
- Gordon Municipal AirportGRN, 97 mi
- Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle FieldOGA, 108 mi
- Grant Municipal AirportGGF, 119 mi
- Imperial Municipal AirportIML, 139 mi