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Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Florida

Medium airport in Bay County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bay and Gulf Counties (FL), 25 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northwest Florida Beaches International 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 Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ECP
ICAO
KECP
IATA
ECP
Field elevation
69 ft
Serves
Panama City Beach
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
ECP
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 3410,000 ft150 ftConcrete---

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Panama City (ECP), Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

71 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
71F
10 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
64F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Panama City, temperature from 64.0 to 88.0, the latest 71.0; dew point from 61.0 to 72.0, the latest 69.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 69 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 12 PM to 100% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
69F
10 PM
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
42 to 100%
Relative humidity at Panama City, relative humidity from 42 to 100, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 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 28 mph in 10 reports in a row from 11 AM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.

Now
-
Strongest
-
Highest gust
-

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

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Panama City, pressure, altimeter from 30.03 to 30.12, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0530.0730.1030.13Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
8mi
5 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Panama City, visibility from 8.0 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 4,600 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
4,600ft
12 PM
Hours with a base reported
8
Lowest cloud base at Panama City, lowest cloud base from 4,600 to 6,000, the latest 5,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft4,5005,0005,5006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Panama City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Panama CityECP

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/226 ft/157 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Panama City Beach 0.3 SWFL-BY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/30 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Div Forestry/Panama City TwrPCYF1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/56 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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