Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 19 degrees warmer: a high of 73° after 54° today.
Now. Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field is 34° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 22°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 11 PM, 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 tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Monday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field, Wyoming.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cheyenne (WY), 2 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 9,270 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 96° / 276° | 6 mph head, on 27 | 20 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 6,690 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 17 mph head, on 31 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Cheyenne/Warren AFB (CYS), Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
38 F at 9 PM Thursday; 47 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 28 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the north at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 25 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 51 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.63 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.24 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cheyenne/Warren AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/6,138 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.0 mi away/6,359 ft/200 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Crow Creek SnotelCRWW4
A snow pillow on a mountain/30.1 mi away/8,330 ft/2,171 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cheyenne WFOCYSW4
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/6,118 ft/41 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cheyenne 0.8 NWWY-LM-115
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/6,116 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cheyenne WFO (CYSW4), 0.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.