Storm Station

Silver West Airport, Colorado

Small airport in Custer County, Colorado
46° 48°/37°
Heavy rain· Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW

Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Silver West Airport until 12 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Silver West Airport is 46° and heavy rain at 3 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:53 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 51 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV
-Air quality
93%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
46feels40
15mph
now, rain heavy
Today
Sep 30
4837
98%
15mph
thunderstorm
Thu
Oct 1
5536
38%
25mph
showers light
Fri
Oct 2
6639
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
6940
clear day
Sun
Oct 4
6741
clear day
Mon
Oct 5
6942
clear day
Tue
Oct 6
6642
15%
thunderstorm
46°
48°37°
55°36°
66°39°
69°40°
67°41°
69°42°
66°42°

As of 9:00 AM in Silver West Airport, Colorado.

Airfield

Code
C08
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
8,290 ft
Serves
Westcliffe
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
C08
Wind now
From 310° at 15 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 31 unlit6,954 ft55 ftAsphalt148° / 328°14 mph head, on 315 mph from the left
13312,000 ftN310° 15 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silver West 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

WestcliffeC08

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/8,241 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

South Colony SnotelSCYC2

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.4 mi away/10,800 ft/2,510 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

La Veta Pass (74)CO028

Beside a road/29.1 mi away/9,358 ft/1,068 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Westcliffe 8.2 SSECO-CU-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/8,206 ft/84 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

WestcliffeWSTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/7,813 ft/477 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Westcliffe (WSTC2), 10.2 miles from here, read 29 Sep, 19:00. measured daily

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