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Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

Medium airport in Bay County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Tyndall Air Force Base

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Bay and Gulf Counties (FL), 9 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tyndall Air Force Base

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Tyndall Air Force Base, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
PAM
ICAO
KPAM
IATA
PAM
Field elevation
17 ft
Serves
Panama City
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PAM
Wind now
From 250° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 16:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14L / 32R10,008 ft200 ftConcrete134° / 314°4 mph head, on 32R9 mph from the left
14R / 32L10,107 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete135° / 315°4 mph head, on 32L9 mph from the left
14L32R14R32L2,500 ftN250° 10 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 Tyndall AFB (PAM), Tyndall Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

82 F at 4 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
82F
4 PM
Highest
87F
12 PM
Lowest
70F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Tyndall AFB, temperature from 69.7 to 87.0, the latest 82.4; dew point from 64.8 to 72.5, the latest 67.5, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080906 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 68 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 12 PM to 97% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
68F
4 PM
Humidity now
61%
Humidity, range
48 to 97%
Relative humidity at Tyndall AFB, relative humidity from 48 to 97, the latest 61, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM

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

Wind

10 mph from the west southwest at 4 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
10mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
10mph
3 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Tyndall AFB, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 10, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510156 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Wind direction at Tyndall AFB, wind direction from 20 to 250, the latest 250, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM

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

Pressure

29.96 inHg at 4 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.96inHg
4 PM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.08inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Tyndall AFB, pressure, altimeter from 29.96 to 30.08, the latest 29.96, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.106 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Tyndall AFB, visibility from 1.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
2
Lowest cloud base at Tyndall AFB, lowest cloud base from 300 to 11,000, the latest 11,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0006 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 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

Tyndall AFB: 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 Tyndall Air Force Base, 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 now2 instruments

Tyndall AFBPAM

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/16 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SumatraSURF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/35.4 mi away/46 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Callaway 1.2 SSWFL-BY-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/13 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Div Forestry/Panama City TwrPCYF1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/56 ft/39 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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