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Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Saginaw County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 18 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HYX
ICAO
KHYX
IATA
-
Field elevation
601 ft
Serves
Saginaw
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HYX
Wind now
From 230° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 232,952 ft60 ftAsphalt44° / 224°10 mph head, on 231 mph from the right
10 / 285,002 ft100 ftAsphalt90° / 270°8 mph head, on 286 mph from the left
052310282,000 ftN230° 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 Saginaw/Browne (HYX), Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 2 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.

Now
61F
2 AM
Highest
61F
2 AM
Lowest
53F
6 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Saginaw/Browne, temperature from 53.0 to 60.8, the latest 60.8; dew point from 44.0 to 59.0, the latest 59.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4045505560653 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 59 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
59F
2 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
67 to 98%
Relative humidity at Saginaw/Browne, relative humidity from 67 to 98, the latest 94, 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

8 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 11 PM Thursday.

Now
8mph
from the west
Strongest
11mph
12 AM
Highest gust
20mph
11 PM Thursday
Wind at Saginaw/Browne, wind from 3 to 11, the latest 8, in miles an hour.WINDmph2.557.51012.53 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Saginaw/Browne, wind direction from 40 to 350, the latest 260, 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

29.62 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.62 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.62inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.06inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.62inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Saginaw/Browne, pressure, altimeter from 29.62 to 30.24, the latest 29.62, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.403 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 3 miles now.

Now
3mi
Lowest
3mi
1 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Saginaw/Browne, visibility from 3.0 to 10.0, the latest 3.0, 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 500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
1 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Saginaw/Browne, lowest cloud base from 500 to 3,300, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Wettest hour
0.03in
9 PM Thursday
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Saginaw/Browne, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, the latest 0.00, 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

Saginaw/Browne: 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 Saginaw County H.W. Browne 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

Saginaw/BrowneHYX

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/600 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Saginaw Bay Light 1SBLM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.7 mi away/568 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Saginaw 2.4 NNWMI-SG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/600 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Site 3SAGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/617 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Site 3 (SAGM4), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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