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Eastern Sierra Regional Airport, California

Medium airport in Inyo County, California

Air quality

The air at Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 2 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good1.7 mi
  • Ozone29Good29 ppb1.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)30Good1.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Eastern Sierra Regional 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 Eastern Sierra Regional Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BIH
ICAO
KBIH
IATA
BIH
Field elevation
4,124 ft
Serves
Bishop
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BIH
Wind now
From 20° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
08 / 265,567 ft100 ftAsphalt90° / 270°2 mph head, on 086 mph from the left
12 / 307,498 ft100 ftAsphalt136° / 316°3 mph head, on 305 mph from the right
17 / 355,600 ft100 ftAsphalt180° / 0°6 mph head, on 352 mph from the right
0826123017352,000 ftN20° 6 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 Bishop Airport (BIH), Eastern Sierra Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

58 F at 8 PM; 77 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
58F
8 PM
Highest
77F
3 PM
Lowest
43F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Bishop Airport, temperature from 43.0 to 77.0, the latest 58.0; dew point from 17.0 to 24.0, the latest 24.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF020406080Oct 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 24 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 3 PM to 41% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
24F
8 PM
Humidity now
27%
Humidity, range
13 to 41%
Relative humidity at Bishop Airport, relative humidity from 13 to 41, the latest 27, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%1020304050Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

7 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 12 PM.

Now
7mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
10mph
4 AM
Highest gust
16mph
12 PM
Wind at Bishop Airport, wind from 2 to 10, the latest 7, in miles an hour.WINDmph246810Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Bishop Airport, wind direction from 120 to 360, the latest 340, 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

30.36 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.36inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.07inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Bishop Airport, pressure, altimeter from 30.29 to 30.41, the latest 30.36, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2530.3030.3530.4030.45Oct 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 Bishop Airport, 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

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

Bishop Airport: 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 Eastern Sierra Regional 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

Bishop AirportBIH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,144 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bishop - FSBHIC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.3 mi away/4,117 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

US-395 - WindmillCF159

Beside a road/18.6 mi away/6,879 ft/2,755 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Deep SpringsS2187

At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/5,399 ft/1,275 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Bishop 1.6 NWCA-IN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/4,183 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Bishop CreekASDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/8,750 ft/4,626 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 16.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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