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Fresno Yosemite International Airport, California

Large airport in Fresno County, California

Air quality

The air at Fresno Yosemite International Airport

Index 71, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 4 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone44Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)71Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Fresno Yosemite International Airport

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 Fresno Yosemite International Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
FAT
ICAO
KFAT
IATA
FAT
Field elevation
336 ft
Serves
Fresno
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
FAT
Wind now
From 320° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
11L / 29R9,539 ft150 ftAsphalt126° / 306°5 mph head, on 29R1 mph from the right
11R / 29L8,008 ft150 ftAsphalt126° / 306°5 mph head, on 29L1 mph from the right
11L29R11R29L2,500 ftN320° 5 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 Fresno Air Terminal (FAT), Fresno Yosemite International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 8 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 53 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
73F
8 PM
Highest
84F
3 PM
Lowest
53F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Fresno Air Terminal, temperature from 53.0 to 84.0, the latest 73.0; dew point from 33.0 to 40.0, the latest 40.0, 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 40 F, the air 30% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 4 PM to 55% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
40F
8 PM
Humidity now
30%
Humidity, range
17 to 55%
Relative humidity at Fresno Air Terminal, relative humidity from 17 to 55, the latest 30, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%102030405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Set aside today: the gust read 21 mph in 8 reports in a row from 4 PM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.

Now
-
Strongest
-
Highest gust
-
Wind at Fresno Air Terminal, wind from 0 to 0, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph-1-0.500.51Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

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

Now
30.07inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Fresno Air Terminal, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.17, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.1030.1530.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 12 PM; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
2mi
12 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Fresno Air Terminal, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, 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 400 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
12 PM
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at Fresno Air Terminal, lowest cloud base from 400 to 14,000, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,000Oct 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

Fresno Air Terminal: 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 Fresno Yosemite International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fresno Air TerminalFAT

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/328 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Fancher CreekFCHC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.8 mi away/804 ft/468 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Clovis 1.8 SSWCA-FR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/351 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Fresno 5 NEFYIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/328 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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