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Northern Aroostook Regional Airport, Maine

Small airport in Aroostook County, Maine

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northern Aroostook Regional Airport

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

How far you can see at Northern Aroostook Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 12 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
FVE
ICAO
KFVE
IATA
WFK
Field elevation
988 ft
Serves
Frenchville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
FVE
Wind now
From 120° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:08

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 324,600 ft75 ftAsphalt115° / 295°13 mph head, on 141 mph from the right
14322,000 ftN120° 13 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 Frenchville (FVE), Northern Aroostook Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

32 F at 12 PM; 46 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 30 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
32F
12 PM
Highest
46F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
30F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Frenchville, temperature from 30.0 to 46.0, the latest 32.0; dew point from 27.0 to 31.0, the latest 31.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2530354045503 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 31 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
31F
12 PM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
47 to 96%
Relative humidity at Frenchville, relative humidity from 47 to 96, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Wind

14 mph from the east southeast at 12 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 2 PM Thursday.

Now
14mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
20mph
2 PM Thursday
Highest gust
36mph
2 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Frenchville, wind from 0 to 20, the latest 14; gust from 21 to 36, the latest 24, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030403 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Frenchville, wind direction from 90 to 320, the latest 120, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Pressure

29.75 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.16 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.75inHg
12 PM
3 hours
-0.16inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.31inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Frenchville, pressure, altimeter from 29.75 to 30.12, the latest 29.75, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.7029.8029.9030.0030.1030.203 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.2 miles at 10 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 1 miles now.

Now
1mi
Lowest
0.2mi
10 AM
Hours under a mile
3
Visibility at Frenchville, visibility from 0.2 to 10.0, the latest 1.3, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.

Lowest base now
300ft
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
12
Lowest cloud base at Frenchville, lowest cloud base from 200 to 11,000, the latest 300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 10 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Wettest hour
0.11in
10 AM
Hours with some
4
Precipitation at Frenchville, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.11, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.153 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Frenchville: 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 Northern Aroostook 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 now4 instruments

FrenchvilleFVE

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/988 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

St John River AT Fort KentFTKM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/489 ft/499 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Soucey HillME007

Beside a road/27.3 mi away/1,186 ft/198 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Limestone 4 NNW94645

At a climate reference station/30.3 mi away/737 ft/251 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Madawaska 0.9 NNWME-AR-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/605 ft/383 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Fort Kent CoopFISM1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/653 ft/335 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fort Kent Coop (FISM1), 14.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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