Temperature
43 F at 11 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 27 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 27F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Ralph Wenz Field is 42° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 6 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 tomorrow, near 59°, and the coolest Thursday, near 54°. Rain is likely Thursday (51%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Ralph Wenz Field, Wyoming.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Pinedale (WY), 6 miles off.
Yesterday measured 33, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 8,900 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field (PNA), Ralph Wenz Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
43 F at 11 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 27 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 32 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the west at 11 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.74 inHg at 11 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,600 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Ralph Wenz 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7,087 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Half Moon RAWSHAFW4
A remote fire weather station/8.8 mi away/8,438 ft/1,336 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pinedale 5.0 SEWY-SL-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/7,144 ft/42 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pinedale - COOPPNDW4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/7,283 ft/181 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pinedale - COOP (PNDW4), 6.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 18:00. 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.