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Pine River Regional Airport, Minnesota

Small airport in Cass County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Pine River Regional Airport

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 18 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pine River Regional Airport

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pine River Regional Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PWC
ICAO
KPWC
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,295 ft
Serves
Pine River
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PWC
Wind now
From 320° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 343,000 ft75 ftAsphalt162° / 342°8 mph head, on 343 mph from the left
16341,000 ftN320° 9 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 Pine River Regio (PWC), Pine River Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

47 F at 9 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
47F
9 PM
Highest
50F
3 PM
Lowest
42F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Pine River Regio, temperature from 41.7 to 49.9, the latest 46.9; dew point from 41.5 to 48.3, the latest 42.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4042.54547.550Oct 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 42 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 7 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
42F
9 PM
Humidity now
83%
Humidity, range
80 to 100%
Relative humidity at Pine River Regio, relative humidity from 80 to 100, the latest 83, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%80859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

8 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 8 PM.

Now
8mph
from the northwest
Strongest
9mph
6 PM
Highest gust
21mph
8 PM
Wind and Gust at Pine River Regio, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 8; gust from 17 to 21, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Pine River Regio, wind direction from 210 to 340, the latest 320, 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

29.98 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.98inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.19inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Pine River Regio, pressure, altimeter from 29.93 to 30.18, the latest 29.98, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 7 AM; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
1mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Pine River Regio, visibility from 1.3 to 8.0, the latest 7.0, 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 600 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,900ft
Lowest in 24 hours
600ft
10 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Pine River Regio, lowest cloud base from 600 to 2,900, the latest 1,900, 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

0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 6 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Wettest hour
0.03in
6 AM
Hours with some
9
Precipitation at Pine River Regio, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, 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

Pine River Regio: 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 Pine River 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 now3 instruments

Pine River RegioPWC

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,296 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BadouraBADM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.0 mi away/1,432 ft/137 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Pine River 0.2 SEMN-CS-54

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,307 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Pine River DamCRLM5

At a dam/13.4 mi away/1,250 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pine River Dam (CRLM5), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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