Temperature
40 F at 11 PM Friday; 67 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 31 F at its coolest, 6 AM Friday.
- Now
- 40F
- 11 PM Friday
- Highest
- 67F
- 2 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 6 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Bowers Field
Bowers Field, Washington
Small airport in Kittitas County, Washington42°
61°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Calm 0 mph N
Now. Bowers Field is 42° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest Friday, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 10:54 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 day is 10 hours 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
55Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
42feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6140
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
5932
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5834
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6033
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6233
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6034
19mph
Fri
Oct 23
5533
17mph
42°
61°40°
59°32°
58°34°
60°33°
62°33°
60°34°
55°33°
As of 12:00 AM in Bowers Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Bowers Field
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ellensburg (WA), 3 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bowers Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Bowers Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ELN
- ICAO
- KELN
- IATA
- ELN
- Field elevation
- 1,764 ft
- Serves
- Ellensburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ELN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,300 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ellensburg/Bowers (ELN), Bowers Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 2 PM Friday to 96% at 4 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 11 PM Friday
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 7 PM Friday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 7 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.35inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ellensburg/Bowers: 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 Bowers 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,765 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Manastash Ridge WestboundTMANW
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/1,430 ft/334 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/1,403 ft/361 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ellensburg 1.9 NWWA-KT-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,577 ft/187 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EllensburgELBW1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/1,473 ft/291 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Bowers Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ellensburgcity, 2 mi
- Kittitascity, 6 mi
- Thorpcommunity, 7 mi
- Cle Elumcity, 22 mi
- Nachestown, 22 mi
- South Cle Elumtown, 22 mi
- Nilecommunity, 24 mi
- Sunland Estatescommunity, 24 mi
- Tietoncity, 25 mi
- Roslyncity, 25 mi
- Cliffdellcommunity, 26 mi
- Eschbachcommunity, 26 mi
Airports near Bowers Field
- Pangborn Memorial AirportEAT, 30 mi
- Yakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYKM, 32 mi
- Ephrata Municipal AirportEPH, 51 mi
- Sunnyside Municipal Airport1S5, 56 mi
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 58 mi
- Richland AirportRLD, 77 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 83 mi
- Renton Municipal AirportRNT, 85 mi