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Thief River Falls Regional Airport, Minnesota

Medium airport in Pennington County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Thief River Falls Regional Airport

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 29 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thief River Falls Regional Airport

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Thief River Falls Regional Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TVF
ICAO
KTVF
IATA
TVF
Field elevation
1,119 ft
Serves
Thief River Falls
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
TVF
Wind now
From 350° at 25 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:32

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 316,504 ft150 ftAsphalt135° / 315°20 mph head, on 3114 mph from the right
13312,000 ftN350° 25 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 Thief River (TVF), Thief River Falls Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 1 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
43F
1 AM
Highest
49F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
43F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Thief River, temperature from 42.9 to 49.0, the latest 42.9; dew point from 36.7 to 44.8, the latest 36.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF354045503 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 37 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 8 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
37F
1 AM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
68 to 93%
Relative humidity at Thief River, relative humidity from 68 to 93, the latest 79, 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

25 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 39 mph at 1 AM.

Now
25mph
from the north
Strongest
25mph
1 AM
Highest gust
39mph
1 AM
Wind and Gust at Thief River, wind from 6 to 25, the latest 25; gust from 21 to 39, the latest 39, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030403 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Thief River, wind direction from 160 to 350, the latest 350, 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

30.32 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.32inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.14inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.19inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Thief River, pressure, altimeter from 29.96 to 30.32, the latest 30.32, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.3030.403 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
5mi
8 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Thief River, visibility from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 1,000 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,000ft
7 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Thief River, lowest cloud base from 1,000 to 10,000, the latest 1,900, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Wettest hour
0.01in
6 PM Thursday
Hours with some
5
Precipitation at Thief River, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, 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

Thief River: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Thief River Falls 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 now5 instruments

Thief RiverTVF

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,115 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Goodridge 12 NNW04994

At a climate reference station/21.7 mi away/1,150 ft/31 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Glacial RidgeS2050

At a soil climate station/24.4 mi away/1,125 ft/6 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Thief River Falls 0.5 WNWMN-PG-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,133 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Agassiz RefugeAGAM5

In a park or preserve/18.7 mi away/1,145 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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