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St. Mary's County Regional Airport, Maryland

Small airport in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at St. Mary's County Regional Airport

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 13 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb15.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Mary's County Regional Airport

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Mary's County Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
2W6
ICAO
-
IATA
LTW
Field elevation
142 ft
Serves
California
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
2W6
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
11 / 294,150 ft75 ftAsphalt103° / 283°CalmCalm
11291,000 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 Leonardtown (2W6), St. Mary's County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
61F
12 AM
Highest
74F
2 AM Thursday
Lowest
61F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Leonardtown, temperature from 61.0 to 74.1, the latest 61.0; dew point from 58.0 to 71.2, the latest 61.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF55606570753 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 82% at 11 AM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
61F
12 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
82 to 100%
Relative humidity at Leonardtown, relative humidity from 82 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%808590951003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 7 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
7mph
7 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Leonardtown, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Leonardtown, wind direction from 40 to 110, the latest 110, 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

30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.09inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.11inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Leonardtown, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.20, the latest 30.09, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
3mi
1 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Leonardtown, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, 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 1,100 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,100ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,100ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Leonardtown, lowest cloud base from 1,100 to 14,000, the latest 1,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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
0.00in
6 AM Thursday
Hours with some
8
Precipitation at Leonardtown, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest trace, 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

Leonardtown: 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 St. Mary's County Regional 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

Leonardtown2W6

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/142 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

MD 4 South at MD 235MD098

Beside a road/1.8 mi away/131 ft/11 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

BlackwaterBLWM2

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.3 mi away/0 ft/142 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

California 3.9 WNWMD-SM-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/138 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SolomonsSOLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/20 ft/122 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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