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Rogers Field, California

Small airport in Plumas County, California

Air quality

The air at Rogers Field

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Quincy (CA), 28 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rogers Field

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 Rogers Field, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
O05
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
4,528 ft
Serves
Chester
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
O05
Wind now
From 330° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 23 unlit5,320 ft120 ftGVL69° / 249°1 mph head, on 235 mph from the right
16 / 345,020 ft100 ftAsphalt174° / 354°5 mph head, on 342 mph from the left
052316342,000 ftN330° 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 Chester (O05), Rogers Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

63 F at 8 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
63F
8 PM
Highest
72F
3 PM
Lowest
37F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Chester, temperature from 36.8 to 72.2, the latest 62.6; dew point from 24.8 to 29.0, the latest 26.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 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 26 F, the air 25% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 3 PM to 61% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
26F
8 PM
Humidity now
25%
Humidity, range
18 to 61%
Relative humidity at Chester, relative humidity from 18 to 61, the latest 25, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

15 mph from the east northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 PM.

Now
15mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
15mph
11 AM
Highest gust
22mph
12 PM
Wind and Gust at Chester, wind from 0 to 15, the latest 15; gust from 16 to 22, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Chester, wind direction from 50 to 350, the latest 60, 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

30.42 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.42inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Chester, pressure, altimeter from 30.36 to 30.46, the latest 30.42, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3530.4030.4530.50Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.8mi
9 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Chester, visibility from 0.8 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 500 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
9 AM
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Chester, lowest cloud base from 500 to 4,400, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Chester: 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 Rogers Field, 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 now4 instruments

ChesterO05

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/4,534 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Chester (GOES)CESC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/4,537 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Morgan SummitCF179

Beside a road/16.5 mi away/5,763 ft/1,235 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Eagle LakeS2192

At a soil climate station/35.7 mi away/5,134 ft/606 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Chester 0.6 SSECA-PM-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/4,513 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ChesterCHEC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/4,547 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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