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Midwest National Air Center Airport, Missouri

Small airport in Clay County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Midwest National Air Center Airport

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 19 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good4 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good18.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.3 ppb20.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb20.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Midwest National Air Center Airport

0.53 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.53in
Last 3 days
1.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Midwest National Air Center Airport, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

Airfield

Code
GPH
ICAO
KGPH
IATA
-
Field elevation
777 ft
Serves
Excelsior Springs
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
GPH
Wind now
From 330° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18 / 365,502 ft100 ftAsphalt187° / 7°13 mph head, on 3610 mph from the left
18362,000 ftN330° 16 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 Mosby (GPH), Midwest National Air Center Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM.

Now
54F
10 PM
Highest
72F
1 PM
Lowest
54F
10 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Mosby, temperature from 53.6 to 71.6, the latest 53.6; dew point from 45.2 to 66.2, the latest 45.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4050607080Oct 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 45 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 8 PM to 100% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
45F
10 PM
Humidity now
73%
Humidity, range
72 to 100%
Relative humidity at Mosby, relative humidity from 72 to 100, the latest 73, 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

13 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM.

Now
13mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
16mph
3 PM
Highest gust
29mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Mosby, wind from 0 to 16, the latest 13; gust from 18 to 29, the latest 23, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Mosby, wind direction from 40 to 340, the latest 340, 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

30.22 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.22inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.09inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.16inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Mosby, pressure, altimeter from 29.95 to 30.22, the latest 30.22, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.30Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 10 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.5mi
10 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Mosby, visibility from 0.5 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 400 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Mosby, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,900, the latest 2,900, 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

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

Mosby: 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 Midwest National Air Center 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

MosbyGPH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/764 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Powell GardensS2061

At a soil climate station/35.3 mi away/967 ft/190 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Powell Gardens ScanPWGM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/35.4 mi away/960 ft/183 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Kearney 3EKRNM7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/846 ft/69 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Excelsior Springs 1.1 SSWMO-CY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/787 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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