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Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, Arkansas

Small airport in Polk County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Roland (OK), 66 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MEZ
ICAO
KMEZ
IATA
UMZ
Field elevation
1,080 ft
Serves
Mena
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MEZ
Wind now
From 290° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 275,485 ft100 ftAsphalt92° / 272°11 mph head, on 274 mph from the right
17 / 355,001 ft75 ftAsphalt173° / 353°5 mph head, on 3511 mph from the left
092717352,500 ftN290° 12 mph
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 Mena Intermountain Muni (MEZ), Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

76 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 8 AM.

Now
76F
9 PM
Highest
91F
3 PM
Lowest
73F
8 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Mena Intermountain Muni, temperature from 73.5 to 90.8, the latest 75.5; dew point from 45.9 to 73.2, the latest 65.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF406080100Oct 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 66 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 4 PM to 92% at 10 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
66F
9 PM
Humidity now
72%
Humidity, range
22 to 92%
Relative humidity at Mena Intermountain Muni, relative humidity from 22 to 92, the latest 72, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

9 mph from the west northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 3 PM.

Now
9mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
12mph
3 PM
Highest gust
21mph
3 PM
Wind and Gust at Mena Intermountain Muni, wind from 0 to 12, the latest 9; gust from 17 to 21, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Mena Intermountain Muni, wind direction from 230 to 290, the latest 290, 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

30.05 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Mena Intermountain Muni, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.08, the latest 30.05, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9830.0030.0230.0530.0730.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
8mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Mena Intermountain Muni, visibility from 8.0 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 2,100 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.

Lowest base now
8,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
2,100ft
10 AM
Hours with a base reported
11
Lowest cloud base at Mena Intermountain Muni, lowest cloud base from 2,100 to 20,000, the latest 8,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,00020,000Oct 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

Mena Intermountain Muni: 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 Mena Intermountain 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

Mena Intermountain MuniMEZ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,079 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Hwy 71 Y CityARD13

Beside a road/16.6 mi away/679 ft/401 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

OdenODEA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.2 mi away/915 ft/165 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Mena 1.2 ESEAR-PL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,083 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

MenaMENA4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/1,093 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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