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Martha's Vineyard Airport, Massachusetts

Small airport in Dukes County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Martha's Vineyard Airport

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 21 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good29 ppb10 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Martha's Vineyard Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Martha's Vineyard Airport, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MVY
ICAO
KMVY
IATA
MVY
Field elevation
67 ft
Serves
Martha's Vineyard
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
MVY
Wind now
From 150° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,504 ft100 ftAsphalt41° / 221°5 mph head, on 2413 mph from the left
15 / 333,327 ft75 ftAsphalt131° / 311°13 mph head, on 155 mph from the right
062415332,000 ftN150° 14 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 Marthas Vineyard (MVY), Martha's Vineyard Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

57 F at 6 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.

Now
57F
6 AM
Highest
63F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
34F
8 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Marthas Vineyard, temperature from 34.0 to 63.0, the latest 57.0; dew point from 32.0 to 49.0, the latest 49.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF30405060709 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 49 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
49F
6 AM
Humidity now
75%
Humidity, range
37 to 96%
Relative humidity at Marthas Vineyard, relative humidity from 37 to 96, the latest 75, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801009 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Wind

13 mph from the south southeast at 7 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 8 AM Thursday.

Now
13mph
from the south southeast
Strongest
17mph
9 AM Thursday
Highest gust
28mph
8 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Marthas Vineyard, wind from 0 to 17, the latest 13; gust from 18 to 28, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020309 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Marthas Vineyard, wind direction from 20 to 360, the latest 150, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Pressure

29.99 inHg at 7 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.99inHg
7 AM
3 hours
-0.08inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.17inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Marthas Vineyard, pressure, altimeter from 29.99 to 30.21, the latest 29.99, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.309 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Marthas Vineyard, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
5,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
3,500ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Marthas Vineyard, lowest cloud base from 3,500 to 9,000, the latest 5,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,00010,0009 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMMVFRVFR

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

Marthas Vineyard: 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 Martha's Vineyard 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

Marthas VineyardMVY

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/69 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Waquoit Bay ReserveWAXM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.9 mi away/16 ft/51 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Westport Rt 88MA038

Beside a road/24.7 mi away/5 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Edgartown 3.3 WMA-DK-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/39 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Vineyard HavenVYHM3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/-15 ft/82 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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