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Provincetown Municipal Airport, Massachusetts

Small airport in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Provincetown Municipal Airport

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 31 miles off.

24Good
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Provincetown Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Provincetown Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PVC
ICAO
KPVC
IATA
PVC
Field elevation
9 ft
Serves
Provincetown
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PVC
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 253,502 ft100 ftAsphalt59° / 239°CalmCalm
07251,000 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 Provincetown (AWOS) (PVC), Provincetown Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

40 F at 10 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 39 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
40F
10 PM
Highest
59F
12 AM
Lowest
39F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Provincetown (AWOS), temperature from 39.0 to 59.0, the latest 40.0; dew point from 37.0 to 54.0, the latest 38.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF30405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 38 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 3 PM to 93% at 8 PM.

Dew point now
38F
10 PM
Humidity now
92%
Humidity, range
47 to 93%
Relative humidity at Provincetown (AWOS), relative humidity from 47 to 93, the latest 92, 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

2 mph from the southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 26 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 5 AM.

Now
2mph
from the southeast
Strongest
26mph
5 AM
Highest gust
37mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Provincetown (AWOS), wind from 1 to 26, the latest 2; gust from 18 to 37, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Provincetown (AWOS), wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 140, 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

30.20 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.20inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.26inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Provincetown (AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 29.94 to 30.22, the latest 30.20, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.30Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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 Provincetown (AWOS), visibility from 10.0 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 100 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
4 PM
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Provincetown (AWOS), lowest cloud base from 100 to 5,500, the latest 100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Provincetown (AWOS): 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 Provincetown 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 now3 instruments

Provincetown (AWOS)PVC

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

TruroCAOM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/125 ft/116 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Provincetown 0.5 NNEMA-BA-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/9 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

East SandwichESNM3

At a cooperative observer's station/27.9 mi away/161 ft/152 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at East Sandwich (ESNM3), 27.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

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