Birchwood Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

46° 49°/37°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NE

Now. Birchwood Airport is 46° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 11 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 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 tomorrow, near 46°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Tuesday (69%). Rain is possible Monday (41%) and Wednesday (38%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 5 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

76%Humidity

65%Cloud

Now

9:00 PM

46feels41

Today

Oct 15

4937

37%

Fri

Oct 16

4636

Sat

Oct 17

4133

11%

Sun

Oct 18

3929

Mon

Oct 19

4032

41%

Tue

Oct 20

4133

69%

Wed

Oct 21

3831

38%

46°

49°37°

46°36°

41°33°

39°29°

40°32°

41°33°

38°31°

As of 9:00 PM in Birchwood Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: BCV
ICAO: PABV
IATA: -
Field elevation: 83 ft
Serves: Birchwood
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: PABV
Wind now: From 70° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:56

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
02L / 20R	4,012 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	39° / 219°	13 mph head, on 02L	8 mph from the right
02R / 20L unlit	1,802 ft	50 ft	Gravel	23° / 203°	10 mph head, on 02R	11 mph from the right

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 Birchwood (PABV), Birchwood Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

44 F at 7 PM; 49 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now: 44F; 7 PM
Highest: 49F; 5 PM
Lowest: 40F; 12 AM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 40 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 4 AM to 86% at 7 PM.

Dew point now: 40F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 86%
Humidity, range: 51 to 86%

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

Wind

4 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 25 mph at 3 PM.

Now: 4mph; from the north northeast
Strongest: 14mph; 11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust: 25mph; 3 PM

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

Pressure

29.27 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.27inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: +0.06inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.44inHg

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

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,300 ft at 2 PM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 3,300ft; 2 PM
Hours with a base reported: 19

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: 0.00in; 12 PM
Hours with some: 4

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Birchwood 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

BirchwoodPABV

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/95 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Glenn Highway @ Thunderbird Falls MP 24TBFA2

Beside a road/4.0 mi away/269 ft/186 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Eagle River - JBERJBRA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/149 ft/66 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Chugiak 2.4 NEAK-AB-64