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Tuscola Area Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Tuscola County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Tuscola Area Airport

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 14 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good23.4 mi
  • Ozone22Good20 ppb20.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tuscola Area Airport

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tuscola Area Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CFS
ICAO
KCFS
IATA
TZC
Field elevation
701 ft
Serves
Caro
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CFS
Wind now
From 150° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 244,302 ft75 ftAsphalt52° / 232°1 mph head, on 2410 mph from the left
13 / 31 unlit2,277 ft110 ftGrass120° / 300°9 mph head, on 135 mph from the right
062413312,000 ftN150° 10 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 Caro (CFS), Tuscola Area Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 11 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
54F
11 PM
Highest
57F
3 PM
Lowest
52F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Caro, temperature from 51.8 to 57.2, the latest 53.6; dew point from 45.2 to 53.6, the latest 53.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF45505560Oct 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 54 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 1 PM to 100% at 11 PM.

Dew point now
54F
11 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
72 to 100%
Relative humidity at Caro, relative humidity from 72 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

10 mph from the south southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 8 PM.

Now
10mph
from the south southeast
Strongest
10mph
11 PM
Highest gust
16mph
8 PM
Wind and Gust at Caro, wind from 2 to 10, the latest 10; gust from 16 to 16, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Caro, wind direction from 10 to 160, the latest 150, 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

29.71 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.52 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.71inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.12inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.52inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Caro, pressure, altimeter from 29.71 to 30.24, the latest 29.71, 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 8 miles at 11 PM; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
8mi
11 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Caro, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, 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 1,000 ft at 11 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,000ft
11 PM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Caro, lowest cloud base from 1,000 to 3,000, the latest 1,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1,0001,5002,0002,5003,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFR

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

Precipitation

0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 9 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Wettest hour
0.02in
9 PM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Caro, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.02, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Caro: 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 Tuscola Area 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

CaroCFS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/702 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Saginaw Bay Light 1SBLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/27.6 mi away/568 ft/133 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Caro 3.4 SWMI-TS-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/672 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Regional CenterCARM4

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/699 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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