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Valkaria Airport, Florida

Small airport in Brevard County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Valkaria Airport

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Indian River County (FL), 19 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, 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 Valkaria 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 Valkaria Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
X59
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
26 ft
Serves
Malabar
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
X59
Wind now
From 100° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 27 unlit4,000 ft75 ftAsphalt92° / 272°9 mph head, on 091 mph from the right
14 / 32 unlit4,000 ft75 ftAsphalt139° / 319°7 mph head, on 146 mph from the left
092714322,000 ftN100° 9 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 Valkaria (X59), Valkaria Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

81 F at 11 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 78 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
81F
11 PM
Highest
86F
1 PM
Lowest
78F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Valkaria, temperature from 77.7 to 86.3, the latest 81.3; dew point from 74.1 to 78.4, the latest 78.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF7075808590Oct 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 78 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 11 AM to 93% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
78F
11 PM
Humidity now
91%
Humidity, range
76 to 93%
Relative humidity at Valkaria, relative humidity from 76 to 93, the latest 91, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7580859095Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

9 mph from the east at 11 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
9mph
from the east
Strongest
11mph
3 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Valkaria, wind from 2 to 11, the latest 9, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012.5Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Valkaria, wind direction from 50 to 100, the latest 100, 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

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

Now
30.05inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Valkaria, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.09, the latest 30.05, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0430.0630.0830.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 9 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
9mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Valkaria, visibility from 9.0 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 1,500 ft at 11 PM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,500ft
11 PM
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Valkaria, lowest cloud base from 1,500 to 5,500, the latest 1,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000Oct 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

Valkaria: 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 Valkaria 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

ValkariaX59

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/23 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Melbourne Beach 7.4 SSEFL-BV-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/23 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Palm BayPLBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/33 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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