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Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, Oregon

Medium airport in Wasco County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, The Dalles (OR), 2 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
DLS
ICAO
KDLS
IATA
DLS
Field elevation
247 ft
Serves
Dallesport / The Dalles
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DLS
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 25 unlit4,647 ft100 ftAsphalt88° / 268°CalmCalm
13 / 315,097 ft100 ftAsphalt146° / 326°CalmCalm
072513312,000 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 The Dalles Muni (DLS), Columbia Gorge Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

56 F at 8 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
56F
8 PM
Highest
76F
3 PM
Lowest
42F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at The Dalles Muni, temperature from 42.0 to 76.0, the latest 56.0; dew point from 38.0 to 45.0, the latest 40.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF304050607080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 40 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 4 PM to 96% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
40F
8 PM
Humidity now
55%
Humidity, range
26 to 96%
Relative humidity at The Dalles Muni, relative humidity from 26 to 96, the latest 55, 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

Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
14mph
4 PM
Highest gust
22mph
4 PM
Wind at The Dalles Muni, wind from 0 to 14, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph051015Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at The Dalles Muni, wind direction from 50 to 320, the latest 110, 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

30.41 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.41inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at The Dalles Muni, pressure, altimeter from 30.35 to 30.52, the latest 30.41, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3530.4030.4530.5030.55Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at The Dalles Muni, visibility from 10.0 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

The Dalles Muni: 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 Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wasco Butte RAWSWSBO3

A remote fire weather station/8.0 mi away/2,310 ft/2,063 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

The DallesTDLO3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/157 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Dufur 7.3 WSWOR-WC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.0 mi away/2,073 ft/1,826 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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