Temperature
43 F at 3 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 40 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 40F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, Nebraska
Medium airport in Lincoln County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west central Nebraska. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
39°
56°/34°
Light rain·
Feels like 30°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees warmer: a high of 70° after 56° today.
Now. North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field is 39° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 3 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
57%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
39feels30
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5634
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7030
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
7237
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7139
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7540
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8148
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8051
12%
12mph
39°
56°34°
70°30°
72°37°
71°39°
75°40°
81°48°
80°51°
As of 4:00 AM in North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LBF
- ICAO
- KLBF
- IATA
- LBF
- Field elevation
- 2,777 ft
- Serves
- North Platte
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LBF
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 126° / 306° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 | 4,436 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from North Platte (LBF), North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 57%
- Humidity, range
- 30 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the north northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.61 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.61inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.50inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- 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 1,100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
North Platte: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
North PlatteLBF
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/2,769 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158NE005
Beside a road/23.0 mi away/3,068 ft/291 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
North Platte NWSNPNN1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/2,780 ft/3 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
North Platte 1.3 NENE-LC-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/2,793 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at North Platte NWS (NPNN1), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Plattecity, 4 mi
- Maxwellvillage, 9 mi
- Hersheyvillage, 17 mi
- Bradyvillage, 18 mi
- Sutherlandvillage, 23 mi
- Wellfleetvillage, 26 mi
- Stapletonvillage, 26 mi
- Gandyvillage, 27 mi
- Gothenburgcity, 30 mi
- Wallacevillage, 32 mi
- Sarbencommunity, 32 mi
- Maywoodvillage, 33 mi
Airports near North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field
- Jim Kelly FieldLXN, 53 mi
- Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle FieldOGA, 57 mi
- Grant Municipal AirportGGF, 58 mi
- Thomas County AirportTIF, 58 mi
- Broken Bow Municipal AirportBBW, 58 mi
- Cambridge Municipal AirportCSB, 63 mi
- McCook Ben Nelson Regional AirportMCK, 64 mi
- Imperial Municipal AirportIML, 65 mi