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Moore County Airport, North Carolina

Small airport in Moore County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Moore County Airport

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 30 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Moore County 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 Moore County Airport, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
SOP
ICAO
KSOP
IATA
SOP
Field elevation
455 ft
Serves
Carthage
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
SOP
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 236,503 ft150 ftAsphalt46° / 226°CalmCalm
05231,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Southern_Pines_AWOS (SOP), Moore County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
68F
10 PM
Highest
91F
2 PM
Lowest
60F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Southern_Pines_AWOS, temperature from 60.0 to 91.0, the latest 68.0; dew point from 60.0 to 67.0, the latest 65.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090100Oct 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 65 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 2 PM to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
65F
10 PM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
36 to 100%
Relative humidity at Southern_Pines_AWOS, relative humidity from 36 to 100, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

3 mph from the south southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
3mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
6mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Southern_Pines_AWOS, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 3, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Southern_Pines_AWOS, wind direction from 80 to 310, the latest 210, 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

30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Southern_Pines_AWOS, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.14, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

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

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Southern_Pines_AWOS, visibility from 7.0 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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Moore County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Southern_Pines_AWOSSOP

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/463 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Horseshoe House RAWSHHRN7

A remote fire weather station/16.1 mi away/312 ft/143 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Whispering Pines 1.0 SWNC-MR-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/382 ft/73 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Water Treatment PltCTGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/538 ft/83 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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