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Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field, California

Small airport in Marin County, California

Air quality

The air at Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, San Rafael (CA), 12 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good11.8 mi
  • Ozone32Good23 ppb11.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.8 ppb11.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb17 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm11.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
DVO
ICAO
KDVO
IATA
NOT
Field elevation
2 ft
Serves
Novato
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DVO
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 313,303 ft75 ftAsphalt149° / 329°CalmCalm
13311,000 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 Novato (DVO), Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

65 F at 8 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
65F
8 PM
Highest
90F
4 PM
Lowest
48F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Novato, temperature from 47.6 to 89.6, the latest 65.0; dew point from 39.2 to 48.8, the latest 48.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080100Oct 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 48 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 4 PM to 91% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
48F
8 PM
Humidity now
55%
Humidity, range
19 to 91%
Relative humidity at Novato, relative humidity from 19 to 91, the latest 55, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

3 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 12 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
3mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
8mph
12 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Novato, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 3, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Novato, wind direction from 90 to 340, 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

30.06 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.06inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Novato, pressure, altimeter from 30.04 to 30.16, the latest 30.06, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 9 miles at 12 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
9mi
12 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Novato, visibility from 9.0 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 3,200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,200ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
2
Lowest cloud base at Novato, lowest cloud base from 3,200 to 9,000, the latest 3,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Oct 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

Novato: 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 Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field, 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

NovatoDVO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Novato Fire Robinhood RAWSNVHC1

A remote fire weather station/2.2 mi away/386 ft/384 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/30.4 mi away/63 ft/61 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Novato 1.8 NCA-MR-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/67 ft/65 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Petaluma AirportPETC1

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/76 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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