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Gold Beach Municipal Airport, Oregon

Small airport in Curry County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Gold Beach Municipal Airport

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Cave Junction (OR), 43 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gold Beach Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 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 Gold Beach Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.

ThuFriSat

Airfield

Code
4S1
ICAO
-
IATA
GOL
Field elevation
20 ft
Serves
Gold Beach
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
4S1
Wind now
Variable at 2 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 343,200 ft75 ftAsphalt175° / 355°--
16341,000 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 Gold Beach (4S1), Gold Beach Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

68 F at 6 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 49 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
68F
6 PM
Highest
72F
3 PM
Lowest
49F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Gold Beach, temperature from 49.4 to 72.2, the latest 68.0; dew point from 46.4 to 52.4, the latest 49.1, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40506070809 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 49 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM to 96% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
49F
6 PM
Humidity now
51%
Humidity, range
46 to 96%
Relative humidity at Gold Beach, relative humidity from 46 to 96, the latest 51, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

2 mph at 6 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
2mph
Strongest
10mph
4 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Gold Beach, wind from 2 to 10, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Wind direction at Gold Beach, wind direction from 60 to 360, the latest 340, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.13 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.13inHg
6 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Gold Beach, pressure, altimeter from 30.13 to 30.18, the latest 30.13, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.1230.1430.1630.189 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 6 miles now.

Now
6mi
Lowest
0.5mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
6
Visibility at Gold Beach, visibility from 0.5 to 6.0, the latest 6.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
7 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Gold Beach, lowest cloud base from 300 to 500, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft3003504004505009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFR

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

Gold Beach: 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 Gold Beach Municipal 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 now3 instruments

Gold Beach4S1

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/20 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Flynn PrairieFPRO3

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/1,558 ft/1,538 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gold Beach Ranger StationGLBO3

At a fire lookout or ranger station/0.7 mi away/36 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Gold Beach 3.5 SOR-CY-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/577 ft/557 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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