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Visalia Municipal Airport, California

Medium airport in Tulare County, California

Air quality

The air at Visalia Municipal Airport

Index 70, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Visalia (CA), 4 miles off.

70Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)70Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Visalia Municipal Airport

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 Visalia Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
VIS
ICAO
KVIS
IATA
VIS
Field elevation
295 ft
Serves
Visalia
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
VIS
Wind now
From 180° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 306,562 ft150 ftAsphalt135° / 315°4 mph head, on 124 mph from the right
12302,000 ftN180° 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 Visalia Muni (AWOS) (VIS), Visalia Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 8 PM; 83 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
70F
8 PM
Highest
83F
2 PM
Lowest
48F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Visalia Muni (AWOS), temperature from 48.0 to 83.0, the latest 70.0; dew point from 38.0 to 43.5, the latest 39.0, 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 39 F, the air 32% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 1 PM to 74% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
39F
8 PM
Humidity now
32%
Humidity, range
21 to 74%
Relative humidity at Visalia Muni (AWOS), relative humidity from 21 to 74, the latest 32, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

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

Now
8mph
from the northwest
Strongest
8mph
8 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Visalia Muni (AWOS), wind from 0 to 8, the latest 8, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Visalia Muni (AWOS), wind direction from 20 to 350, the latest 320, 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 Visalia Muni (AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.19, 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 2 miles at 7 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
7 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Visalia Muni (AWOS), visibility from 2.0 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 300 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
8 AM
Hours with a base reported
1

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

Visalia Muni (AWOS): 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 Visalia 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

Visalia Muni (AWOS)VIS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/292 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Lake Kaweah Weather StationKAWC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/574 ft/279 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Visalia 2.1 WCA-TL-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/306 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

VisaliaVISC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/344 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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