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Marion Municipal Airport, Indiana

Small airport in Grant County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Marion Municipal Airport

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Kokomo (IN), 25 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marion Municipal Airport

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Marion Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MZZ
ICAO
KMZZ
IATA
MZZ
Field elevation
859 ft
Serves
Marion
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MZZ
Wind now
From 240° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 226,011 ft100 ftAsphalt37° / 217°12 mph head, on 225 mph from the right
15 / 333,456 ft100 ftAsphalt150° / 330°0 mph head, on 1513 mph from the right
042215332,000 ftN240° 13 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 Marion (MZZ), Marion Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 2 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.

Now
69F
2 AM
Highest
71F
1 AM
Lowest
57F
8 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Marion, temperature from 57.1 to 70.8, the latest 69.0; dew point from 50.6 to 66.8, the latest 65.3, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF506070806 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 65 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 2 PM Thursday to 91% at 8 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
65F
2 AM
Humidity now
88%
Humidity, range
69 to 91%
Relative humidity at Marion, relative humidity from 69 to 91, the latest 88, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

12 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 9 PM Thursday.

Now
12mph
from the west
Strongest
14mph
1 AM
Highest gust
22mph
9 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Marion, wind from 6 to 14, the latest 12; gust from 17 to 22, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph5101520256 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Marion, wind direction from 70 to 280, the latest 280, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

29.82 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.82inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.32inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Marion, pressure, altimeter from 29.82 to 30.15, the latest 29.82, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
3mi
8 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Marion, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
9 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Marion, lowest cloud base from 700 to 3,100, the latest 1,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Wettest hour
0.01in
5 PM Thursday
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Marion, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Marion: 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 Marion Municipal 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

MarionMZZ

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/859 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Gas CityIN008

Beside a road/6.9 mi away/891 ft/32 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

(KB9CRA)Gas City 0.3 NIN-GR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/852 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Marion 2NMZZI3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/794 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Marion 2N (MZZI3), 6.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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