Golf courses/Iowa/Flint Hills Golf Course

Flint Hills Golf Course, Iowa

Golf course in Des Moines County, Iowa

53° 54°/45°

Overcast· Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW

Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Flint Hills Golf Course until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Flint Hills Golf Course is 53° and overcast at 4 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph.

Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, 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 Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

1UV Low

0Air quality

67%Humidity

98%Cloud

Now

4:00 PM

53feels53

15mph

Today

Oct 16

5445

20%

20mph

Sat

Oct 17

5734

Sun

Oct 18

6538

Mon

Oct 19

6940

Tue

Oct 20

7143

Wed

Oct 21

7346

Thu

Oct 22

7650

53°

54°45°

57°34°

65°38°

69°40°

71°43°

73°46°

76°50°

As of 4:00 PM in Flint Hills Golf Course, Iowa.

Air quality

The air at Flint Hills Golf Course

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 39 miles off.

0Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

GoodModerate

16YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Flint Hills Golf Course

None in the last 24 hours; 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.94in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Flint Hills Golf Course, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

Golf course

Area: 0.28 sq mi
County: Des Moines County
State: Iowa
Latitude: 40.8648° N
Longitude: 91.1219° W

Course map

Flint Hills Golf Course and the streets round it, north up. The sheet is 7,874 ft across; the bar is 1,500 ft.6,299 ft across; the bar is 1,500 ft. Inside its outline the map files 25 fairways, 21 greens, 50 tees, 14 bunkers and 4 water hazards. Fairways are ruled, greens ruled in blue, bunkers stippled and water in level lines; the course is outlined in blue. Sources

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Flint Hills Golf Course, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Burlington (US 34)RBUI4

Beside a road/3.8 mi away/715 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

BurlingtonBRL

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/699 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station WB0VHB-WXWB0VHB-WX

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.9 mi away/705 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.1 mi away/719 ft/- ft from here