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Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport, Missouri

Small airport in Butler County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 73 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
POF
ICAO
KPOF
IATA
POF
Field elevation
331 ft
Serves
Poplar Bluff
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
POF
Wind now
From 250° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18 / 365,008 ft100 ftAsphalt and concrete182° / 2°1 mph head, on 183 mph from the right
18362,000 ftN250° 3 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 Popular Bluff (POF), Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

74 F at 10 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 71 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
74F
10 PM
Highest
89F
1 PM
Lowest
71F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Popular Bluff, temperature from 71.0 to 89.0, the latest 74.0; dew point from 67.0 to 74.0, the latest 67.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 67 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
67F
10 PM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
54 to 100%
Relative humidity at Popular Bluff, relative humidity from 54 to 100, the latest 79, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

3 mph from the west southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 2 PM.

Now
3mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
13mph
1 PM
Highest gust
22mph
2 PM
Wind and Gust at Popular Bluff, wind from 0 to 13, the latest 3; gust from 17 to 22, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Popular Bluff, wind direction from 30 to 290, the latest 250, 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

29.96 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.96inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.07inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Popular Bluff, pressure, altimeter from 29.93 to 30.03, the latest 29.96, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.05Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
6mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Popular Bluff, visibility from 6.0 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 300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Popular Bluff, lowest cloud base from 300 to 10,000, the latest 7,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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
0.00in
2 AM
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Popular Bluff, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, 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

Popular Bluff: 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 Poplar Bluff 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

Popular BluffPOF

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/325 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Dexter ScanDEXM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.7 mi away/305 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

DexterS2048

At a soil climate station/21.9 mi away/296 ft/35 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Poplar Bluff 2.5 SSEMO-BU-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/327 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Poplar BluffPPBM7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/367 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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