Temperature
37 F at 9 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 37F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 37F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, Wyoming
Medium airport in Sweetwater County, Wyoming* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures 22 to 26 degrees expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and south central Wyoming. * WHEN...From 11 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. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
37°
52°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 31°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport is 37° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 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 Wednesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
37feels31
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5234
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
5424
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
5927
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
5830
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5931
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5935
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6138
14%
37°
52°34°
54°24°
59°27°
58°30°
59°31°
59°35°
61°38°
As of 10:00 PM in Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, Wyoming.
Air quality
The air at Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rock Springs (WY), 8 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 0, good.
GoodModerate
- 0YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.61in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RKS
- ICAO
- KRKS
- IATA
- RKS
- Field elevation
- 6,764 ft
- Serves
- Rock Springs
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- RKS
- Wind now
- From 80° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,228 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 8 mph head, on 03 | 6 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 | 10,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 104° / 284° | 9 mph head, on 09 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rock Springs (RKS), Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM to 93% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.70 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.70inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.48inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,400ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Rock Springs: 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 Wyoming Regional Airport, 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
Rock SpringsRKS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,759 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Baxter Road by Rock SpringsWY10
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/6,424 ft/340 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/12.3 mi away/7,762 ft/998 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/6,753 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Rock Springs 1.2 SEWY-SW-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/6,266 ft/498 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wyoming
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Arrowhead Springscommunity, 8 mi
- Rock Springscity, 8 mi
- Reliancecommunity, 9 mi
- Clearview Acrescommunity, 11 mi
- North Rock Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Superiortown, 13 mi
- Purple Sagecommunity, 14 mi
- Point of Rockscommunity, 16 mi
- Green Rivercity, 21 mi
- James Towncommunity, 23 mi
- Table Rockcommunity, 34 mi
- Edencommunity, 37 mi
Airports near Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
- Fort Bridger AirportFBR, 71 mi
- Kemmerer Municipal AirportEMM, 79 mi
- Hunt FieldLND, 86 mi
- Miley Memorial FieldBPI, 87 mi
- Dixon AirportDWX, 90 mi
- Ralph Wenz FieldPNA, 91 mi
- Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey FieldRWL, 97 mi
- Evanston-Uinta County Airport-Burns FieldEVW, 104 mi