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Garrett County Airport, Maryland

Small airport in Garrett County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Garrett County Airport

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 23 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good19.5 mi
  • Ozone11Good9 ppb19.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.4 ppb19.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb19.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Garrett County Airport

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Garrett County Airport, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
2G4
ICAO
-
IATA
ODM
Field elevation
2,933 ft
Serves
Accident
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
2G4
Wind now
From 190° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 275,000 ft75 ftAsphalt79° / 259°4 mph head, on 279 mph from the left
09272,000 ftN190° 10 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 Oakland (2G4), Garrett County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 12 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 1 AM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 2 PM Thursday.

Now
61F
12 AM
Highest
63F
1 AM Thursday
Lowest
54F
2 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Oakland, temperature from 54.2 to 62.6, the latest 60.8; dew point from 54.2 to 62.6, the latest 60.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF52.55557.56062.5653 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 61 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 100% at 1 AM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
61F
12 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
100 to 100%
Relative humidity at Oakland, relative humidity from 100 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%9999.5100100.51013 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

13 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM Thursday.

Now
13mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
14mph
12 PM Thursday
Highest gust
21mph
11 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Oakland, wind from 0 to 14, the latest 13; gust from 16 to 21, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Oakland, wind direction from 130 to 350, the latest 200, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.02 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.02inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.06inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.12inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Oakland, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.20, the latest 30.02, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM Thursday, under a mile for 24 hours; 0.3 miles now.

Now
0.3mi
Lowest
0.3mi
1 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
24
Visibility at Oakland, visibility from 0.3 to 0.3, the latest 0.3, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
100ft
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Oakland, lowest cloud base from 100 to 200, the latest 100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1001251501752003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFR

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

Precipitation

0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Wettest hour
0.02in
4 PM Thursday
Hours with some
4
Precipitation at Oakland, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.02, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Oakland: 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 Garrett County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Oakland2G4

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/2,933 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Accident 1.1 EMD-GR-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/2,583 ft/350 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Deep Creek LakeOKLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/2,106 ft/827 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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