Temperature
48 F at 10 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 11 PM Wednesday, and 48 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Blair Executive Airport, Nebraska
Small airport in Washington County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast 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.
47°
57°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Blair Executive Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Blair Executive Airport is 47° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 52°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
63%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
47feels41
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5753
100%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5242
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5832
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6646
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7248
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7655
overcast
47°
57°53°
52°42°
58°32°
65°41°
66°46°
72°48°
76°55°
As of 10:00 PM in Blair Executive Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Blair Executive Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 12 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good13.3 mi
- Ozone22Good23 ppb10.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good13.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide4Good3.1 ppb10.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm11.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 35TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blair Executive Airport
1.25 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
- 1.25in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
Visibility
How far you can see at Blair Executive Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BTA
- ICAO
- KBTA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,325 ft
- Serves
- Blair
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BTA
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,201 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 137° / 317° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Blair (BTA), Blair Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 8 PM to 96% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.28 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.28inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 400 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.30 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.30in
- 9 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Blair: 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 Blair Executive 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 now3 instruments
BlairBTA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,301 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Omaha @ I-680 & I-80 InterchangeNE039
Beside a road/13.3 mi away/1,181 ft/144 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Maple Creek 4 NW NickersonNKRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.5 mi away/1,237 ft/88 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Omaha 11.6 NNWNE-WS-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,306 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ft Calhoun 4WFCLN1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/1,266 ft/59 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 Blair Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Benningtoncity, 4 mi
- Fort Calhouncity, 5 mi
- Washingtonvillage, 5 mi
- Kennardvillage, 6 mi
- Blaircity, 9 mi
- Boys Townvillage, 11 mi
- King Lakecommunity, 12 mi
- Waterloovillage, 13 mi
- Arlingtonvillage, 13 mi
- Omahacity, 14 mi
- Valleycity, 14 mi
- Ralstoncity, 15 mi
Airports near Blair Executive Airport
- Eppley AirfieldOMA, 14 mi
- Millard AirportMLE, 15 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFET, 22 mi
- Offutt Air Force BaseOFF, 23 mi
- Tekamah Municipal AirportTQE, 24 mi
- Wahoo Municipal AirportAHQ, 28 mi
- Plattsmouth Municipal AirportPMV, 34 mi
- Lincoln AirportLNK, 52 mi