Airports/Alaska/Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport

Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport, Alaska

Medium airport in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

42° 48°/37°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 36°·Gentle breeze 10 mph ENE

Now. Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport is 42° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 10 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 48°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 39°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%). Rain is possible Monday (35%) and Wednesday (32%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 10 hours 5 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

88%Humidity

46%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

42feels36

Today

Oct 15

4837

32%

20mph

Fri

Oct 16

4835

19%

Sat

Oct 17

4331

Sun

Oct 18

4129

Mon

Oct 19

4332

35%

Tue

Oct 20

4233

59%

21mph

Wed

Oct 21

3931

32%

42°

48°37°

48°35°

43°31°

41°29°

43°32°

42°33°

39°31°

As of 11:00 PM in Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport, Alaska.

Airfield

Code: PAQ
ICAO: PAAQ
IATA: PAQ
Field elevation: 242 ft
Serves: Palmer
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: PAAQ
Wind now: From 80° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
09 / 27	3,617 ft	75 ft	Asphalt	113° / 293°	8 mph head, on 09	5 mph from the left
16 / 34	6,006 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	180° / 0°	2 mph head, on 34	9 mph from the right
16S / 34S unlit	1,560 ft	60 ft	GVL	180° / 0°	2 mph head, on 34S	9 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 Palmer Municipal (ASOS) (PAAQ), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

45 F at 7 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 PM.

Now: 45F; 7 PM
Highest: 51F; 1 PM
Lowest: 42F; 6 PM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 35 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 1 AM to 80% at 2 PM.

Dew point now: 35F; 7 PM
Humidity now: 68%
Humidity, range: 40 to 80%

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

Wind

7 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 4 AM.

Now: 7mph; from the east northeast
Strongest: 21mph; 4 AM
Highest gust: 33mph; 4 AM

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

Pressure

29.28 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.

Now: 29.28inHg; 7 PM
3 hours: +0.07inHg; rising
24 hours: -0.38inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 5 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 4mi; 5 PM
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 1,700 ft at 3 PM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.

Lowest base now: -
Lowest in 24 hours: 1,700ft; 3 PM
Hours with a base reported: 14

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.15 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 3 PM.

Last 24 hours: 0.15in
Wettest hour: 0.05in; 3 PM
Hours with some: 7

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

Palmer Municipal (ASOS): 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 Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal 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

Palmer Municipal (ASOS)PAAQ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/233 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Palmer 4N - Spring CreekSCPA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/561 ft/319 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Glenn Highway @ MP 35.2GTFA2

Beside a road/6.3 mi away/102 ft/140 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Palmer AirportPAQ