Grand IslandGRI
At an airfield/21.9 mi away/1,849 ft/79 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
North Loup State Recreation Area, Nebraska
State Recreation Area in Howard County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
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.
41°
53°/38°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for North Loup State Recreation Area until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 53° today.
Now. North Loup State Recreation Area is 41° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 3 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 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:45 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.
0UV Low
-Air quality
63%Humidity
85%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels33
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5338
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6130
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6739
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6843
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7345
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7854
14%
Thu
Oct 22
7756
18%
41°
53°38°
61°30°
67°39°
68°43°
73°45°
78°54°
77°56°
As of 2:00 AM in North Loup State Recreation Area, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Loup State Recreation Area
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 0.48in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 85%
Visibility
How far you can see at North Loup State Recreation Area, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 1,000,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,770 ft
- County
- Howard County
- State
- Nebraska
- Latitude
- 41.2645° N
- Longitude
- 98.4590° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Loup State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19NE029
Beside a road/24.8 mi away/1,899 ft/129 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cedar River near Fullerton, Nebr.06792000
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.3 mi away/1,638 ft/132 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW6004CW6004
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.9 mi away/1,772 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
St. Paul 0.5 NWNE-HD-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,814 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saint PaulSTPN1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/1,814 ft/44 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 Saint Paul (STPN1), 3.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near North Loup State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- St. Paulcity, 4 mi
- Cushingvillage, 5 mi
- Elbavillage, 6 mi
- Farwellvillage, 9 mi
- Wolbachvillage, 10 mi
- Palmervillage, 11 mi
- Dannebrogvillage, 11 mi
- Cotesfieldvillage, 11 mi
- St. Liborycommunity, 13 mi
- Ashtonvillage, 18 mi
- Archercommunity, 18 mi
- Howard City (Boelus)village, 19 mi