Temperature
71 F at 5 PM; 78 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 78F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Southwest Washington Regional Airport
Southwest Washington Regional Airport, Washington
Medium airport in Cowlitz County, Washington72°
78°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 2 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 78° today.
Now. Southwest Washington Regional Airport is 72° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 54° by 1 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
44%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7852
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6653
49%
Sun
Oct 18
6439
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6142
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6439
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6738
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6241
27%
72°
78°52°
66°53°
64°39°
61°42°
64°39°
67°38°
62°41°
As of 6:00 PM in Southwest Washington Regional Airport, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Southwest Washington Regional Airport
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Longview (WA), 3 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Washington Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Southwest Washington Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- KLS
- ICAO
- KKLS
- IATA
- KLS
- Field elevation
- 20 ft
- Serves
- Kelso
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- KLS
- Wind now
- From 310° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,391 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 3 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kelso-Longveiw AWOS (KLS), Southwest Washington Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 2 PM to 96% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 44%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the northwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 5 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 2 AM
- 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
Kelso-Longveiw AWOS: 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 Southwest Washington Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/16 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lexington - Cowlitz RiverCLXW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/30 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WoodlandTPARA
Beside a road/19.3 mi away/66 ft/46 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Kelso 1.5 NNWWA-CW-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/126 ft/106 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KelsoLOVW1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/36 ft/16 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 Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Southwest Washington Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kelsocity, 2 mi
- Longviewcity, 3 mi
- Longview Heightscommunity, 4 mi
- Beacon Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Lexingtoncommunity, 5 mi
- Kalamacity, 8 mi
- Castle Rockcity, 11 mi
- Woodlandcity, 16 mi
- Ryderwoodcommunity, 19 mi
- Vadercity, 20 mi
- La Centercity, 21 mi
- Upper Elochomancommunity, 22 mi
Airports near Southwest Washington Regional Airport
- Pearson FieldVUO, 36 mi
- Chehalis Centralia AirportCLS, 39 mi
- Olympia Regional AirportOLM, 59 mi
- Gray Army Air FieldGRF, 68 mi
- McChord Air Force BaseTCM, 73 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 74 mi
- Bowerman AirportHQM, 77 mi
- Sanderson FieldSHN, 78 mi