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Wexford County Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Wexford County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Wexford County Airport

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 44 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wexford County Airport

0.64 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.64in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wexford County Airport, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CAD
ICAO
KCAD
IATA
CAD
Field elevation
1,307 ft
Serves
Cadillac
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CAD
Wind now
From 90° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 255,001 ft100 ftAsphalt66° / 246°6 mph head, on 073 mph from the right
18 / 36 unlit1,986 ft150 ftGrass180° / 0°0 mph head, on 187 mph from the left
072518362,000 ftN90° 7 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 Cadillac/Wexford (CAD), Wexford County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

48 F at 10 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
48F
10 PM
Highest
52F
1 PM
Lowest
42F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Cadillac/Wexford, temperature from 41.6 to 52.4, the latest 48.2; dew point from 39.8 to 48.2, the latest 48.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3540455055Oct 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 48 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 1 PM to 100% at 6 PM.

Dew point now
48F
10 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
75 to 100%
Relative humidity at Cadillac/Wexford, relative humidity from 75 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

6 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 5 PM.

Now
6mph
from the east
Strongest
12mph
5 PM
Highest gust
20mph
5 PM
Wind at Cadillac/Wexford, wind from 2 to 12, the latest 6, in miles an hour.WINDmph051015Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Cadillac/Wexford, wind direction from 30 to 160, the latest 90, 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

29.74 inHg at 10 PM, falling 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.74inHg
10 PM
3 hours
-0.11inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.48inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Cadillac/Wexford, pressure, altimeter from 29.74 to 30.26, the latest 29.74, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.40Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 4 PM; 3 miles now.

Now
3mi
Lowest
2mi
4 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Cadillac/Wexford, visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 3.0, 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 400 ft at 10 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
10 PM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Cadillac/Wexford, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,800, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

0.77 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.20 in, in the hour to 4 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.77in
Wettest hour
0.20in
4 PM
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Cadillac/Wexford, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.20, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.150.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Cadillac/Wexford: 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 Wexford County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cadillac/WexfordCAD

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,306 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

RAWS - WellstonWLLM4

A remote fire weather station/25.9 mi away/784 ft/523 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

CadillacCADM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/1,289 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Cadillac 3.0 EMI-WX-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,354 ft/47 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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