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Bedford County Airport, Pennsylvania

Small airport in Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Bedford County Airport

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 27 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone1Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bedford County Airport

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bedford County Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HMZ
ICAO
KHMZ
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,162 ft
Serves
Bedford
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HMZ
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 08:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 325,006 ft75 ftAsphalt128° / 308°CalmCalm
14321,000 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 Bedford (HMZ), Bedford County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

59 F at 8 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.

Now
59F
8 AM
Highest
61F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
55F
7 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Bedford, temperature from 55.0 to 60.9, the latest 59.3; dew point from 49.2 to 58.2, the latest 58.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF45505560659 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 58 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
58F
8 AM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
71 to 98%
Relative humidity at Bedford, relative humidity from 71 to 98, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901009 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Wind

2 mph from the south southeast at 8 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
2mph
from the south southeast
Strongest
8mph
3 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Bedford, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph024689 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Wind direction at Bedford, wind direction from 50 to 220, the latest 150, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Pressure

29.85 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.85inHg
8 AM
3 hours
-0.06inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.37inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Bedford, pressure, altimeter from 29.85 to 30.23, the latest 29.85, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.2030.309 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Bedford, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
600ft
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Bedford, lowest cloud base from 200 to 2,800, the latest 600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0009 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Bedford: 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 Bedford 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 now3 instruments

BedfordHMZ

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,150 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR56 & Babcock MtnPA051

Beside a road/11.9 mi away/2,500 ft/1,338 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Blair Helibase RawsBLHP1

A remote fire weather station/25.1 mi away/1,155 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Everett 5.5 NPA-BD-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/1,379 ft/217 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

EverettEVRP1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,152 ft/10 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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Near Bedford County Airport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bedford County Airport