Omaha/EppleyOMA
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/970 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eppley Airfield, Nebraska
Large airport in Douglas 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.
50°
58°/52°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 44°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Eppley Airfield until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Eppley Airfield is 50° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 38 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 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
23Air quality
59%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
50feels44
19mph
Today
Oct 15
5852
100%
19mph
Fri
Oct 16
5443
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6032
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6740
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6946
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7447
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7854
14mph
50°
58°52°
54°43°
60°32°
67°40°
69°46°
74°47°
78°54°
As of 9:00 PM in Eppley Airfield, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Eppley Airfield
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 5 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good5.6 mi
- Ozone23Good22 ppb2.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good5.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide6Good4.2 ppb2.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm5.6 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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Eppley Airfield
1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.05in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
Visibility
How far you can see at Eppley Airfield, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OMA
- ICAO
- KOMA
- IATA
- OMA
- Field elevation
- 984 ft
- Serves
- Omaha
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- OMA
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14L / 32R | 8,500 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 144° / 324° | - | - |
| 14R / 32L | 9,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 144° / 324° | - | - |
| 18 / 36 | 8,154 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Eppley Airfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Omaha @ US 75 & I-480 InterchangeNE040
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/1,201 ft/217 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Maple Creek 4 NW NickersonNKRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/37.9 mi away/1,237 ft/253 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Omaha 2.5 ESENE-DG-57
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,215 ft/231 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ft Calhoun 4WFCLN1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,266 ft/282 ft above 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 Eppley Airfield
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Omahacity, 4 mi
- Ralstoncity, 10 mi
- Bellevuecity, 11 mi
- La Vistacity, 11 mi
- Papillioncity, 12 mi
- Fort Calhouncity, 13 mi
- Offutt AFBcommunity, 13 mi
- Boys Townvillage, 13 mi
- Benningtoncity, 14 mi
- Chalcocommunity, 15 mi
- La Plattecommunity, 16 mi
- Richfieldcommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Eppley Airfield
- Offutt Air Force BaseOFF, 13 mi
- Millard AirportMLE, 14 mi
- Blair Executive AirportBTA, 14 mi
- Plattsmouth Municipal AirportPMV, 25 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFET, 34 mi
- Tekamah Municipal AirportTQE, 35 mi
- Wahoo Municipal AirportAHQ, 37 mi
- Nebraska City Municipal AirportAFK, 48 mi