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North Big Horn County Airport, Wyoming

Small airport in Big Horn County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at North Big Horn County Airport

Index 4, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Cody (WY), 40 miles off.

4Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 7, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Big Horn County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 North Big Horn County Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
U68
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
4,090 ft
Serves
Cowley
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
U68
Wind now
From 100° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 275,199 ft75 ftAsphalt106° / 286°3 mph head, on 09None
16 / 34 unlit1,866 ft65 ftGrass172° / 352°1 mph head, on 163 mph from the left
092716342,000 ftN100° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Cowley (U68), North Big Horn County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

32 F at 5 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now
32F
5 AM
Highest
55F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
32F
1 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Cowley, temperature from 32.0 to 55.4, the latest 32.0; dew point from 23.0 to 33.2, the latest 28.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20304050606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 28 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM Thursday to 86% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
28F
5 AM
Humidity now
86%
Humidity, range
33 to 86%
Relative humidity at Cowley, relative humidity from 33 to 86, the latest 86, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

4 mph from the north northeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 9 AM Thursday.

Now
4mph
from the north northeast
Strongest
21mph
9 AM Thursday
Highest gust
29mph
9 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Cowley, wind from 2 to 21, the latest 4; gust from 16 to 29, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Cowley, wind direction from 10 to 340, the latest 20, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.70 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.70inHg
5 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.21inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Cowley, pressure, altimeter from 30.49 to 30.73, the latest 30.70, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.4030.5030.6030.7030.806 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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
Visibility at Cowley, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 4,800 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
4,800ft
7 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
8
Lowest cloud base at Cowley, lowest cloud base from 4,800 to 7,000, the latest 7,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft4,0005,0006,0007,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMVFR

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

Cowley: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest North Big Horn County Airport, 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 now2 instruments

CowleyU68

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/4,078 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bald Mtn. SnotelBLDW4

A snow pillow on a mountain/30.3 mi away/9,380 ft/5,290 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Cowley 0.3 NNEWY-BH-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/4,016 ft/74 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Lovell - COOPLOVW4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/3,852 ft/238 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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