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Sleetmute Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Airfield

Code
SLQ
ICAO
PASL
IATA
SLQ
Field elevation
190 ft
Serves
Sleetmute
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PASL
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 32 unlit3,100 ft60 ftGRAVEL-G167° / 347°CalmCalm
14321,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Sleetmute (PASL), Sleetmute Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

38 F at 7 PM; 41 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
38F
7 PM
Highest
41F
2 PM
Lowest
37F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Sleetmute, temperature from 37.0 to 41.0, the latest 38.0; dew point from 28.0 to 36.0, the latest 30.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2530354045Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 30 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 3 PM to 96% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
30F
7 PM
Humidity now
73%
Humidity, range
62 to 96%
Relative humidity at Sleetmute, relative humidity from 62 to 96, the latest 73, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%60708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

2 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 3 PM.

Now
2mph
from the north
Strongest
12mph
2 PM
Highest gust
20mph
3 PM
Wind and Gust at Sleetmute, wind from 2 to 12, the latest 2; gust from 17 to 20, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Sleetmute, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 360, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

29.24 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.24inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.34inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Sleetmute, pressure, altimeter from 29.21 to 29.58, the latest 29.24, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.2029.3029.4029.5029.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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
Visibility at Sleetmute, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 2,800 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,800ft
1 PM
Hours with a base reported
18
Lowest cloud base at Sleetmute, lowest cloud base from 2,800 to 8,000, the latest 3,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 1 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Wettest hour
0.04in
1 AM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Sleetmute, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.04, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Sleetmute Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SleetmutePASL

At an airfield/1.2 mi away/177 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Stony RiverSRVA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/305 ft/115 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily1 instrument

Sleetmute 1.4 SSEAK-BC-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/205 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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