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Waskish Municipal Airport, Minnesota

Small airport in Beltrami County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Waskish Municipal Airport

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 52 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Waskish Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Waskish Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
VWU
ICAO
KVWU
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,181 ft
Serves
Waskish
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
VWU
Wind now
From 350° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 20 unlit2,992 ft140 ftTurf26° / 206°10 mph head, on 027 mph from the left
02201,000 ftN350° 12 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 Waskish Muni (VWU), Waskish Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Wind

12 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 3 PM.

Now
12mph
from the north
Strongest
13mph
3 PM
Highest gust
21mph
3 PM
Wind and Gust at Waskish Muni, wind from 0 to 13, the latest 12; gust from 16 to 21, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Waskish Muni, wind direction from 160 to 350, the latest 350, 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

30.05 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.11inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Waskish Muni, pressure, altimeter from 29.92 to 30.17, the latest 30.05, 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 3 miles at 7 PM; 4 miles now.

Now
4mi
Lowest
3mi
7 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Waskish Muni, visibility from 3.0 to 10.0, the latest 4.0, 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 700 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
7 PM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Waskish Muni, lowest cloud base from 700 to 3,000, the latest 1,000, 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

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

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

Waskish Muni: 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 Waskish Municipal 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

Waskish MuniVWU

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,181 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Kelliher Mn Dnr Wx STNKDNM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/1,352 ft/171 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Waskish 0.7 SEMN-BM-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,178 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

WaskishWSKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/1,188 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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