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Byron Airport, California

Small airport in Contra Costa County, California

Air quality

The air at Byron Airport

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Livermore (CA), 13 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone32Good32 ppb12.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.4 ppb12.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb12.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm12.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Byron Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Byron Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
C83
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
79 ft
Serves
Byron
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
C83
Wind now
From 270° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 21:20

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 233,000 ft75 ftAsphalt62° / 242°8 mph head, on 234 mph from the right
12 / 304,500 ft100 ftAsphalt135° / 315°6 mph head, on 306 mph from the left
052312302,000 ftN270° 9 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 Byron (C83), Byron Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 9 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
66F
9 PM
Highest
88F
4 PM
Lowest
52F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Byron, temperature from 51.8 to 87.8, the latest 65.6; dew point from 29.0 to 42.8, the latest 36.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080100Oct 163 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 37 F, the air 34% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 3 PM to 53% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
37F
9 PM
Humidity now
34%
Humidity, range
12 to 53%
Relative humidity at Byron, relative humidity from 12 to 53, the latest 34, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%0204060Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

8 mph from the west southwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 10 AM.

Now
8mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
9mph
7 AM
Highest gust
16mph
10 AM
Wind at Byron, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 8, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Byron, wind direction from 10 to 340, the latest 250, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.04 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.04inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Byron, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.10, the latest 30.04, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.10Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
8mi
1 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Byron, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 163 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 3,300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,300ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
1

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

Byron: 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 Byron Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ByronC83

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/52 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Byron 5SSE - Harvey BanksHOBC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/22 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-580 - I-205CF133

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/301 ft/222 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Tracy Pumping PlantTRPC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/56 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Brentwood 2.5 SSWCA-CC-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/182 ft/103 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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