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H L Sonny Callahan Airport, Alabama

Small airport in Baldwin County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at H L Sonny Callahan Airport

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 20 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate2.1 mi
  • Ozone8Good3 ppb15.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at H L Sonny Callahan Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at H L Sonny Callahan Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CQF
ICAO
KCQF
IATA
-
Field elevation
91 ft
Serves
Fairhope
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CQF
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 196,604 ft100 ftAsphalt7° / 187°CalmCalm
01192,500 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 Fairhope (CQF), H L Sonny Callahan Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 10 PM; 85 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
66F
10 PM
Highest
85F
1 PM
Lowest
61F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Fairhope, temperature from 61.4 to 84.8, the latest 66.2; dew point from 59.0 to 68.6, the latest 64.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 64 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
64F
10 PM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
42 to 100%
Relative humidity at Fairhope, relative humidity from 42 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
6mph
4 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Fairhope, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Fairhope, wind direction from 50 to 190, the latest 160, 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

30.08 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Fairhope, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.13, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0430.0630.0830.1030.1230.14Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.5mi
3 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Fairhope, visibility from 0.5 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 200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
3 AM
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Fairhope, lowest cloud base from 200 to 6,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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
-
Hours with some
0

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest H L Sonny Callahan 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 now4 instruments

FairhopeCQF

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/89 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/7 ft/84 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Fairhope 3 NE63869

At a climate reference station/5.5 mi away/95 ft/4 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Koptis FarmsS2180

At a soil climate station/11.5 mi away/135 ft/44 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Fairhope 4.2 SAL-BW-123

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/101 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/7 ft/84 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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