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Cecil Airport, Florida

Medium airport in Duval County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Cecil Airport

Index 92, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jacksonville (FL), 15 miles off.

92Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)92Moderate15.8 mi
  • Ozone18Good5 ppb11.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)46Good15.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.5 ppb16.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb17.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm16.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cecil 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 Cecil Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
VQQ
ICAO
KVQQ
IATA
VQQ
Field elevation
81 ft
Serves
Jacksonville
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
VQQ
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09L / 27R unlit4,439 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete90° / 270°CalmCalm
09R / 27L8,003 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete90° / 270°CalmCalm
18L / 36R12,504 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete180° / 0°CalmCalm
18R / 36L unlit8,001 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete180° / 0°CalmCalm
09L27R09R27L18L36R18R36L5,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Jacksonville - Cecil Field (VQQ), Cecil Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
68F
11 PM
Highest
88F
1 PM
Lowest
63F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, temperature from 63.2 to 87.8, the latest 68.0; dew point from 62.6 to 73.4, the latest 68.0, 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 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
68F
11 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
43 to 100%
Relative humidity at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, relative humidity from 43 to 100, the latest 100, 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

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
8mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, wind direction from 50 to 150, the latest 110, 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

30.10 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.15, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
6
Visibility at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, visibility from 0.3 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 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
1 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Jacksonville - Cecil Field, lowest cloud base from 200 to 6,000, the latest 1,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 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

Jacksonville - Cecil Field: 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 Cecil 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 now2 instruments

Olustee RAWSOLSF1

A remote fire weather station/32.6 mi away/128 ft/47 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Jacksonville 11.9 SWFL-DV-95

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/66 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Forestry ServiceJACF1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/92 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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