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Easton Airport / Newnam Field, Maryland

Small airport in Talbot County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Easton Airport / Newnam Field

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 9 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone20Good18 ppb15.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Easton Airport / Newnam Field

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Easton Airport / Newnam Field, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ESN
ICAO
KESN
IATA
ESN
Field elevation
72 ft
Serves
Easton
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ESN
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,500 ft100 ftAsphalt30° / 210°CalmCalm
15 / 334,003 ft100 ftAsphalt138° / 318°CalmCalm
042215332,000 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 Easton (ESN), Easton Airport / Newnam Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now
61F
1 AM
Highest
73F
3 AM Thursday
Lowest
61F
1 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Easton, temperature from 60.6 to 73.0, the latest 60.6; dew point from 50.0 to 66.0, the latest 59.9, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF506070803 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 60 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 9 AM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
60F
1 AM
Humidity now
98%
Humidity, range
63 to 98%
Relative humidity at Easton, relative humidity from 63 to 98, the latest 98, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

1 mph from the east southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 7 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 AM Thursday.

Now
1mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
17mph
7 AM Thursday
Highest gust
22mph
5 AM Thursday
Wind at Easton, wind from 1 to 17, the latest 1, in miles an hour.WINDmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Easton, wind direction from 10 to 140, 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

30.05 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
1 AM
3 hours
-0.08inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Easton, pressure, altimeter from 30.03 to 30.20, the latest 30.05, 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 7 miles at 1 AM; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
7mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Easton, visibility from 7.0 to 10.0, the latest 7.0, 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 1,900 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,900ft
7 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Easton, lowest cloud base from 1,900 to 9,500, the latest 1,900, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0003 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
12 AM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Easton, 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

Easton: 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 Easton Airport / Newnam Field, 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

EastonESN

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/72 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

US 50E at MD 331MD121

Beside a road/2.2 mi away/49 ft/23 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Oxford - Coop Oxford LabCXLM2

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/3 ft/69 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Easton 0.4 SMD-TB-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/38 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Royal Oak 2SSWROYM2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/5 ft/67 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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