Airports/Iowa/Chariton Municipal Airport

Chariton Municipal Airport, Iowa

Small airport in Lucas County, Iowa

47° 52°/43°

Overcast· Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW

Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Chariton Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Chariton Municipal Airport is 47° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:25 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

18Air quality

71%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

6:00 AM

47feels41

14mph

Today

Oct 16

5243

10%

22mph

Sat

Oct 17

5932

Sun

Oct 18

6539

14mph

Mon

Oct 19

6743

Tue

Oct 20

7047

Wed

Oct 21

7351

Thu

Oct 22

7556

47°

52°43°

59°32°

65°39°

67°43°

70°47°

73°51°

75°56°

As of 6:00 AM in Chariton Municipal Airport, Iowa.

Air quality

The air at Chariton Municipal Airport

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 39 miles off.

18Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

GoodModerate

18YesterdayOct 15
GoodTodayOct 16
GoodSatOct 17

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chariton Municipal Airport

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.24in
Last 3 days: 0.30in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 80%

Visibility

How far you can see at Chariton Municipal Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

Airfield

Code: CNC
ICAO: KCNC
IATA: -
Field elevation: 1,050 ft
Serves: Chariton
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: CNC
Wind now: From 300° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:15

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
10 / 28	4,000 ft	75 ft	Concrete	102° / 282°	15 mph head, on 28	5 mph from the right
17 / 35	2,800 ft	75 ft	Concrete	180° / 0°	8 mph head, on 35	14 mph from the left

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 Chariton (CNC), Chariton Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

48 F at 6 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now: 48F; 6 AM
Highest: 64F; 1 PM Thursday
Lowest: 46F; 1 AM

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 39 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 5 AM to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.

Dew point now: 39F; 6 AM
Humidity now: 71%
Humidity, range: 71 to 100%

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

Wind

17 mph from the west northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 4 PM Thursday.

Now: 17mph; from the west northwest
Strongest: 23mph; 10 PM Thursday
Highest gust: 35mph; 4 PM Thursday

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

Pressure

30.22 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.22inHg; 6 AM
3 hours: +0.02inHg; steady
24 hours: +0.23inHg

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 11 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now: 10+mi
Lowest: 0.5mi; 11 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile: 2

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 2,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 300ft; 12 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported: 23

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.39 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.29 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours: 0.39in
Wettest hour: 0.29in; 12 PM Thursday
Hours with some: 4

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chariton Municipal 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 now4 instruments

CharitonCNC

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,047 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Lucas 2SSW - Stephens State Forest RAWSSSFI4

A remote fire weather station/6.3 mi away/1,063 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Osceola (US 34)ROSI4

Beside a road/22.7 mi away/1,096 ft/46 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Des Moines 17 E54902

At a climate reference station/37.3 mi away/903 ft/147 ft below here