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Airfield

Code
NSI
ICAO
KNSI
IATA
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Field elevation
506 ft
Serves
San Nicolas Island
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
NSI
Wind now
From 320° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 3010,002 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete133° / 313°16 mph head, on 302 mph from the right
12302,500 ftN320° 16 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 San Nicolas Island (NSI), San Nicolas Island Nolf Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 7 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.

Now
72F
7 PM
Highest
87F
1 PM
Lowest
60F
11 PM Wednesday
Temperature and Dew point at San Nicolas Island, temperature from 60.0 to 87.0, the latest 72.0; dew point from 29.0 to 58.0, the latest 49.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF204060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 49 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 1 PM to 87% at 10 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
49F
7 PM
Humidity now
44%
Humidity, range
12 to 87%
Relative humidity at San Nicolas Island, relative humidity from 12 to 87, the latest 44, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%0204060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

16 mph from the northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 7 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
16mph
from the northwest
Strongest
16mph
7 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at San Nicolas Island, wind from 5 to 16, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WINDmph051015209 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Wind direction at San Nicolas Island, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Pressure

29.97 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.97inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at San Nicolas Island, pressure, altimeter from 29.95 to 30.06, the latest 29.97, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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 San Nicolas Island, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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

San Nicolas Island: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest San Nicolas Island Nolf 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 now2 instruments

San Nicolas IslandNSI

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/505 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Santa Barbara IslandSBIC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.7 mi away/337 ft/169 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Snow on the ground

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