Temperature
36 F at 9 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 36F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mondell Field, Wyoming
Small airport in Weston County, Wyoming* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwestern and southwestern South Dakota and northeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening 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.
36°
52°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 24°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Mondell Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mondell Field is 36° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 24° 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 Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 23°.
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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
55%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
36feels24
24mph
Today
Oct 15
5239
33mph
Fri
Oct 16
5123
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6634
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6540
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6339
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7044
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7048
mostly clear day
36°
52°39°
51°23°
66°34°
65°40°
63°39°
70°44°
70°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Mondell Field, Wyoming.
Air quality
The air at Mondell Field
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Wind Cave (SD), 47 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Ozone38Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mondell Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mondell Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ECS
- ICAO
- KECS
- IATA
- ECS
- Field elevation
- 4,174 ft
- Serves
- Newcastle
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ECS
- Wind now
- From 340° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,310 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 20 mph head, on 32 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Newcastle (ECS), Mondell Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 21 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 25% at 4 PM to 93% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 21F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 55%
- Humidity, range
- 25 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 31 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 45 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 45mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.65 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.65inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.50inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- 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 1,900 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Newcastle: 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 Mondell Field, 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
NewcastleECS
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/4,173 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/16.2 mi away/5,878 ft/1,704 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Moorcroft 3SMCTW4
At a river or reservoir gauge/38.2 mi away/4,462 ft/288 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Newcastle 1.0 WWY-WS-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/4,218 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NewcastleNCLW4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/4,370 ft/196 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Newcastle (NCLW4), 5.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wyoming
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Mondell Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Newcastlecity, 6 mi
- Osagecommunity, 9 mi
- Hill View Heightscommunity, 9 mi
- Uptontown, 22 mi
- Sundancetown, 36 mi
- Pine Haventown, 41 mi
- Moorcrofttown, 41 mi
- Beulahcommunity, 47 mi
- Huletttown, 57 mi
- Wrighttown, 59 mi
- Sleepy Hollowcommunity, 60 mi
- Lance Creekcommunity, 62 mi
Airports near Mondell Field
- Hulett Municipal AirportW43, 55 mi
- Northeast Wyoming Regional AirportGCC, 69 mi
- Converse County AirportDGW, 92 mi
- Camp Guernsey AirportGUR, 114 mi
- Johnson County AirportBYG, 124 mi
- Torrington Municipal AirportTOR, 126 mi
- Casper-Natrona County International AirportCPR, 127 mi
- Phifer AirfieldEAN, 130 mi