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Bay Bridge Airport, Maryland

Small airport in Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Bay Bridge Airport

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Upper Eastern Shore (MD), 19 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone16Good21 ppb24.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.4 ppb24.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Bay Bridge Airport

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 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 Bay Bridge Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
W29
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
15 ft
Serves
Stevensville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
W29
Wind now
From 130° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
11 / 29 unlit2,714 ft60 ftAsphalt103° / 283°7 mph head, on 114 mph from the right
11291,000 ftN130° 8 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 Stevensville (W29), Bay Bridge Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

62 F at 11 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 62 F at its coolest, 11 PM.

Now
62F
11 PM
Highest
76F
12 AM
Lowest
62F
11 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Stevensville, temperature from 62.4 to 75.6, the latest 62.4; dew point from 51.8 to 68.0, the latest 57.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 57 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 2 PM to 84% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
57F
11 PM
Humidity now
84%
Humidity, range
60 to 84%
Relative humidity at Stevensville, relative humidity from 60 to 84, the latest 84, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%60708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

8 mph from the southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 5 AM.

Now
8mph
from the southeast
Strongest
10mph
5 AM
Highest gust
18mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Stevensville, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 8; gust from 17 to 18, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Stevensville, wind direction from 10 to 320, the latest 130, 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

30.13 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.13inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.13inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Stevensville, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.22, the latest 30.13, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.1030.2030.30Oct 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 Stevensville, 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 2,000 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
3,200ft
Lowest in 24 hours
2,000ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Stevensville, lowest cloud base from 2,000 to 8,500, the latest 3,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Oct 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

Stevensville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bay Bridge 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 now4 instruments

StevensvilleW29

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/16 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bay Bridge S-9 E/BMD066

Beside a road/2.3 mi away/20 ft/5 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Tuckahoe RAWSTUKM2

A remote fire weather station/21.5 mi away/46 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/28.1 mi away/105 ft/90 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

StevensvilleSTVM2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/-20 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Stevensville 2.4 SWMD-QA-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/11 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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