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Cartersville Airport, Georgia

Small airport in Bartow County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Cartersville Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 29 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 84, 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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
VPC
ICAO
KVPC
IATA
-
Field elevation
759 ft
Serves
Cartersville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
VPC
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 195,760 ft100 ftAsphalt4° / 184°CalmCalm
01192,000 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 Cartersville Airport (VPC), Cartersville Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
68F
11 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
61F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Cartersville Airport, temperature from 60.8 to 88.4, the latest 68.0; dew point from 60.8 to 69.8, 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 44% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
68F
11 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
44 to 100%
Relative humidity at Cartersville Airport, relative humidity from 44 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 6 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 13 mph at 1 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
6mph
1 PM
Highest gust
13mph
1 PM
Wind at Cartersville Airport, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph0246Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Cartersville Airport, wind direction from 90 to 270, the latest 190, 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

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

Now
30.08inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Cartersville Airport, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.17, the latest 30.08, 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 6 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
6mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Cartersville Airport, visibility from 6.0 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 5,000 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
5,000ft
8 AM
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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cartersville 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 now3 instruments

Cartersville AirportVPC

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/764 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-75 @ SR 20GA342

Beside a road/7.6 mi away/938 ft/179 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

DallasDLSG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.9 mi away/1,073 ft/314 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Cartersville 1.5 WNWGA-BT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/732 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Allatoona DamCVLG1

At a dam/7.4 mi away/856 ft/97 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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