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Seldovia Airport, Alaska

Small airport in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Airfield

Code
SOV
ICAO
PASO
IATA
SOV
Field elevation
29 ft
Serves
Seldovia
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PASO
Wind now
From 200° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:04

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 34 unlit1,845 ft80 ftGravel---

Measured here

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

Every hour from Seldovia (ASOS) (PASO), Seldovia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

38 F at 5 AM; 46 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
38F
5 AM
Highest
46F
4 PM Thursday
Lowest
38F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Seldovia (ASOS), temperature from 38.0 to 46.0, the latest 38.0; dew point from 38.0 to 45.0, the latest 38.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF38404244466 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 38 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
38F
5 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
86 to 100%
Relative humidity at Seldovia (ASOS), relative humidity from 86 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%8590951006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

3 mph from the south southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 6 AM Thursday.

Now
3mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
10mph
6 AM Thursday
Highest gust
23mph
6 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Seldovia (ASOS), wind from 0 to 10, the latest 3; gust from 16 to 23, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Seldovia (ASOS), wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 200, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

29.26 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.26inHg
5 AM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Seldovia (ASOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.06 to 29.27, the latest 29.26, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.0029.1029.2029.306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 3 miles now.

Now
3mi
Lowest
0.5mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
3
Visibility at Seldovia (ASOS), visibility from 0.5 to 8.0, the latest 3.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
300ft
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Seldovia (ASOS), lowest cloud base from 200 to 4,000, the latest 300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.99 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.27 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.99in
Wettest hour
0.27in
12 PM Thursday
Hours with some
19
Precipitation at Seldovia (ASOS), precipitation from 0.00 to 0.27, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Seldovia (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 Seldovia Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Seldovia (ASOS)PASO

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/33 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Port Graham SnotelPGRA2

A snow pillow on a mountain/8.1 mi away/300 ft/271 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Schor GardenS2063

At a soil climate station/20.1 mi away/120 ft/91 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Homer AirportHOM

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/63 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Homer 1.4 NNWAK-KP-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.8 mi away/331 ft/302 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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