Temperature
46 F at 7 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 42F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field, Nebraska
Medium airport in Cheyenne 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.
44°
62°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Strong breeze 25 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 62° today.
Now. Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field is 44° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° 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 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:10 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
55%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
44feels35
25mph
Today
Oct 15
6237
96%
30mph
Fri
Oct 16
5428
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
7428
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
7337
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
7138
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7638
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7945
mostly clear day
44°
62°37°
54°28°
74°28°
73°37°
71°38°
76°38°
79°45°
As of 8:00 PM in Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 64 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 50%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SNY
- ICAO
- KSNY
- IATA
- SNY
- Field elevation
- 4,313 ft
- Serves
- Sidney
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SNY
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 4,705 ft | 75 ft | Turf | 39° / 219° | - | - |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 6,600 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sidney (SNY), Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 2 PM to 96% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 29 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.51 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.51inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 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 600 ft at 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 6,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 9 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sidney: 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 Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field, 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 now2 instruments
SidneySNY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,278 ft/35 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sidney West on I-80 @ MP 50.3NE003
Beside a road/2.1 mi away/4,224 ft/89 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sidney 1.3 SSWNE-CN-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/4,249 ft/64 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SidneySIDN1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/4,331 ft/18 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 Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field
- Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj FieldIBM, 37 mi
- Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig AirportBFF, 62 mi
- Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle FieldOGA, 63 mi
- Alliance Municipal AirportAIA, 66 mi
- Grant Municipal AirportGGF, 67 mi
- Imperial Municipal AirportIML, 82 mi
- North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird FieldLBF, 120 mi
- Chadron Municipal AirportCDR, 120 mi