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North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, Florida

Small airport in Palm Beach County, Florida

Air quality

The air at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 13 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Sat 7 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
F45
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
22 ft
Serves
West Palm Beach
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
F45
Wind now
From 360° at 2 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
08L / 26R unlit3,700 ft75 ftGrass82° / 262°0 mph head, on 08L2 mph from the left
08R / 26L4,300 ft100 ftAsphalt85° / 265°0 mph head, on 08R2 mph from the left
13 / 314,300 ft75 ftAsphalt135° / 315°1 mph head, on 311 mph from the right
08L26R08R26L13312,000 ftN360° 2 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 West Palm Beach (F45), North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

77 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 76 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now
77F
12 AM
Highest
90F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
76F
5 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at West Palm Beach, temperature from 75.8 to 89.6, the latest 77.0; dew point from 75.2 to 77.6, the latest 77.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF758085903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 77 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
77F
12 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
67 to 100%
Relative humidity at West Palm Beach, relative humidity from 67 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

3 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 2 PM Thursday.

Now
3mph
from the north northeast
Strongest
13mph
1 PM Thursday
Highest gust
20mph
2 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at West Palm Beach, wind from 2 to 13, the latest 3; gust from 16 to 20, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at West Palm Beach, wind direction from 10 to 100, the latest 20, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at West Palm Beach, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.09, the latest 30.05, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0430.0630.0830.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 6 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
6mi
10 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at West Palm Beach, visibility from 6.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,600 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,600ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
17
Lowest cloud base at West Palm Beach, lowest cloud base from 1,600 to 2,600, the latest 1,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,7503 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
9 AM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at West Palm Beach, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

West Palm Beach: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest North Palm Beach County General Aviation 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 now2 instruments

West Palm BeachF45

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/29 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Palm Beach GardensPBGF1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/43 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Palm Beach Gardens 1.7 NWFL-PB-102

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/26 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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