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Gwinnett County Briscoe Field, Georgia

Small airport in Gwinnett County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Gwinnett County Briscoe Field

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 24 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gwinnett County Briscoe Field

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 Gwinnett County Briscoe Field, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
LZU
ICAO
KLZU
IATA
LZU
Field elevation
1,061 ft
Serves
Lawrenceville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
LZU
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 256,001 ft100 ftAsphalt64° / 244°CalmCalm
07252,000 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 Lawrenceville (LZU), Gwinnett County Briscoe Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
73F
10 PM
Highest
87F
2 PM
Lowest
61F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Lawrenceville, temperature from 61.0 to 87.0, the latest 73.0; dew point from 64.0 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 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM to 100% at 8 PM.

Dew point now
69F
10 PM
Humidity now
87%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Lawrenceville, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 87, 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

1 mph from the west southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
1mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
7mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Lawrenceville, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 1, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Lawrenceville, wind direction from 130 to 320, the latest 250, 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

30.09 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.09inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Lawrenceville, pressure, altimeter from 30.07 to 30.17, the latest 30.09, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.1030.1530.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
5mi
3 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Lawrenceville, visibility from 5.0 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 4,000 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
4,000ft
4 PM
Hours with a base reported
1

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gwinnett County Briscoe Field, 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 now5 instruments

LawrencevilleLZU

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,060 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Watkinsville #1S2013

At a soil climate station/31.0 mi away/770 ft/291 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Watkinsville 5 SSE63850

At a climate reference station/36.1 mi away/741 ft/320 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Lawrenceville 2.4 ENEGA-GW-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,074 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

CummingCUMG1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.6 mi away/1,309 ft/248 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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