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Petaluma Municipal Airport, California

Small airport in Sonoma County, California

Air quality

The air at Petaluma Municipal Airport

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Santa Rosa (CA), 14 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good20.5 mi
  • Ozone28Good23 ppb20.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.8 ppb20.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm20.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, 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 Petaluma Municipal 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 Petaluma Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
O69
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
90 ft
Serves
Petaluma
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
O69
Wind now
From 340° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
11 / 293,600 ft75 ftAsphalt126° / 306°2 mph head, on 292 mph from the right
11291,000 ftN340° 3 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 Petaluma (O69), Petaluma Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

59 F at 8 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
59F
8 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
42F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Petaluma, temperature from 41.6 to 87.8, the latest 59.0; dew point from 32.6 to 44.6, the latest 39.2, 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 39 F, the air 48% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 3 PM to 100% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
39F
8 PM
Humidity now
48%
Humidity, range
17 to 100%
Relative humidity at Petaluma, relative humidity from 17 to 100, the latest 48, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%0255075100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

1 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
1mph
from the north
Strongest
7mph
4 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Petaluma, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 1, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Petaluma, wind direction from 140 to 360, the latest 350, 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

30.08 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Petaluma, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.18, the latest 30.08, 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 1 mile at 4 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
4 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Petaluma, visibility from 1.0 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 1,800 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,800ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
3
Lowest cloud base at Petaluma, lowest cloud base from 1,800 to 9,500, the latest 9,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Oct 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

Petaluma: 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 Petaluma Municipal 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 now3 instruments

PetalumaO69

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/90 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Novato Fire Robinhood RAWSNVHC1

A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/386 ft/296 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/25.5 mi away/63 ft/27 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Petaluma AirportPETC1

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/76 ft/14 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Petaluma 1.4 ECA-SN-183

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/54 ft/36 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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