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Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, Indiana

Small airport in Hamilton County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 15 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good6 mi
  • Ozone17Good17 ppb5.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good9.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.6 ppb9.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb9.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
UMP
ICAO
KUMP
IATA
-
Field elevation
811 ft
Serves
Indianapolis
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
UMP
Wind now
From 230° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 334,004 ft100 ftAsphalt146° / 326°1 mph head, on 159 mph from the right
15331,000 ftN230° 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 Indy Metro (UMP), Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.

Now
72F
12 AM
Highest
72F
10 PM Thursday
Lowest
61F
8 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Indy Metro, temperature from 61.3 to 71.8, the latest 71.8; dew point from 59.6 to 71.8, the latest 71.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF55606570756 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 72 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
72F
12 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
84 to 100%
Relative humidity at Indy Metro, relative humidity from 84 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%808590951006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

8 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 7 PM Thursday.

Now
8mph
from the southwest
Strongest
10mph
7 PM Thursday
Highest gust
21mph
7 PM Thursday
Wind at Indy Metro, wind from 4 to 10, the latest 8, in miles an hour.WINDmph2468106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Indy Metro, wind direction from 60 to 230, the latest 230, 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

29.85 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.85inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.26inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Indy Metro, pressure, altimeter from 29.85 to 30.12, the latest 29.85, 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 1 mile at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
5 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Indy Metro, visibility from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 200 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
5 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Indy Metro, lowest cloud base from 200 to 2,700, the latest 600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

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

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Wettest hour
0.01in
5 PM Thursday
Hours with some
5
Precipitation at Indy Metro, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, 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

Indy Metro: 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 Indianapolis Metropolitan 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

Indy MetroUMP

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/794 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-69 at 106th StreetIN058

Beside a road/1.4 mi away/809 ft/2 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Fishers 0.9 SSWIN-HM-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/800 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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