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Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania

Small airport in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 23 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good4.8 mi
  • Ozone23Good19 ppb4.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MPO
ICAO
KMPO
IATA
MPO
Field elevation
1,915 ft
Serves
Mount Pocono
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MPO
Wind now
From 150° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:09

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 233,999 ft100 ftAsphalt36° / 216°4 mph head, on 238 mph from the left
13 / 315,001 ft75 ftAsphalt115° / 295°7 mph head, on 135 mph from the right
052313311,000 ftN150° 9 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 Mt Pocono (MPO), Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

52 F at 11 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
52F
11 PM
Highest
60F
2 PM
Lowest
47F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Mt Pocono, temperature from 47.0 to 60.0, the latest 52.0; dew point from 42.0 to 47.0, the latest 47.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4045505560Oct 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 47 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 3 PM to 86% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
47F
11 PM
Humidity now
83%
Humidity, range
55 to 86%
Relative humidity at Mt Pocono, relative humidity from 55 to 86, the latest 83, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

10 mph from the south southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 4 AM.

Now
10mph
from the south southeast
Strongest
17mph
12 AM
Highest gust
36mph
4 AM
Wind and Gust at Mt Pocono, wind from 4 to 17, the latest 10; gust from 25 to 36, the latest 25, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Mt Pocono, wind direction from 100 to 360, the latest 150, 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

30.11 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.11inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Mt Pocono, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.24, the latest 30.11, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.1030.1530.2030.25Oct 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 Mt Pocono, 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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,100ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
18
Lowest cloud base at Mt Pocono, lowest cloud base from 1,100 to 11,000, the latest 1,400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Mt Pocono: 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 Pocono Mountains Municipal 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

Mt PoconoMPO

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,893 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Tunkhannock CRK NrLPNP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/1,837 ft/78 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Mount Pocono 0.7 NPA-MN-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,890 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

CanadensisCNDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,198 ft/717 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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