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Erie-Ottawa International Airport, Ohio

Medium airport in Ottawa County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Erie-Ottawa International Airport

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Toledo (OH), 36 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Erie-Ottawa International Airport

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Erie-Ottawa International Airport, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PCW
ICAO
KPCW
IATA
-
Field elevation
590 ft
Serves
Port Clinton
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PCW
Wind now
From 230° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 275,646 ft100 ftAsphalt83° / 263°10 mph head, on 277 mph from the left
18 / 364,002 ft75 ftAsphalt178° / 358°7 mph head, on 189 mph from the right
092718362,000 ftN230° 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 Port Clinton (PCW), Erie-Ottawa International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 1 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.

Now
70F
1 AM
Highest
70F
1 AM
Lowest
57F
3 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Port Clinton, temperature from 57.2 to 69.8, the latest 69.8; dew point from 50.0 to 68.0, the latest 68.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50556065703 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 68 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 1 PM Thursday to 94% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
68F
1 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
64 to 94%
Relative humidity at Port Clinton, relative humidity from 64 to 94, the latest 94, 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

11 mph from the west southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 12 AM.

Now
11mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
14mph
3 AM Thursday
Highest gust
24mph
12 AM
Wind and Gust at Port Clinton, wind from 8 to 14, the latest 11; gust from 13 to 24, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph5101520253 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Port Clinton, wind direction from 50 to 240, the latest 240, 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

29.73 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.73inHg
1 AM
3 hours
-0.08inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.45inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Port Clinton, pressure, altimeter from 29.73 to 30.19, the latest 29.73, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
4mi
11 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Port Clinton, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, 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 500 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Port Clinton, lowest cloud base from 500 to 10,000, the latest 1,800, 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

0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Wettest hour
0.05in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Port Clinton, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.05, 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

Port Clinton: 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 Erie-Ottawa International 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

Port ClintonPCW

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/571 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Camp PerryCMPO1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/563 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Port Clinton 5.5 ENEOH-OT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/586 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SanduskySANO1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/584 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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