At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,869 ft/31 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field, Colorado
Medium airport in El Paso County, Colorado* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...The Southeast Mountains, the Wet Mountain Valley, eastern Fremont county and the southeast plains. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Periods of heavy rainfall associated with a remnant tropical storm system will spread across southern Colorado through Thursday. - The Southeast Mountains, including the Aspen Acres burn area, the Wet Mountain Valley, eastern Fremont county, and the southeast plains. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
56°
59°/48°
Rain·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field until 12 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field is 56° and rain at 1 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:48 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 50 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
88%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
56feels56
now, rain
Today
Sep 30
5948
94%
20mph
Thu
Oct 1
6644
29%
30mph
Fri
Oct 2
6846
15mph
Sat
Oct 3
7749
clear day
Sun
Oct 4
7348
15mph
Mon
Oct 5
7852
clear day
Tue
Oct 6
8051
11%
56°
59°48°
66°44°
68°46°
77°49°
73°48°
78°52°
80°51°
As of 7:00 AM in Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field, Colorado.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FCS
- ICAO
- KFCS
- IATA
- FCS
- Field elevation
- 5,838 ft
- Serves
- Fort Carson
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FCS
- Wind now
- From 10° at 10 mph, read 30 Sep, 06:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | 6 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field, 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
1 E FountainJCFC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/5,554 ft/284 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
115S03365RWS1RHS - 1.7 miles N o CO US CDOTCO224
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/6,522 ft/684 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fountain 0.8 NNECO-EP-163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/5,543 ft/295 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ellicott 7SBSQC2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/5,961 ft/123 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 Ellicott 7S (BSQC2), 14.5 miles from here, read 29 Sep, 07:37. measured daily
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