Airports/Pennsylvania/Chester County G O Carlson Airport

Chester County G O Carlson Airport, Pennsylvania

Small airport in Chester County, Pennsylvania

58° 65°/53°

Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow evening, from about 7 PM (63%).

Now. Chester County G O Carlson Airport is 58° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 56°, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Saturday, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%) and Saturday (56%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

25Air quality

78%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

58feels58

Today

Oct 15

6553

14%

Fri

Oct 16

7756

90%

12mph

Sat

Oct 17

5146

56%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5535

Mon

Oct 19

5839

11%

Tue

Oct 20

6444

11%

Wed

Oct 21

6347

58°

65°53°

77°56°

51°46°

55°35°

58°39°

64°44°

63°47°

As of 10:00 PM in Chester County G O Carlson Airport, Pennsylvania.

Air quality

The air at Chester County G O Carlson Airport

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wilmington Area (DE), 24 miles off.

25Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good11.4 mi
Ozone25Good26 ppb11.4 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good23.5 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

GoodModerate

55YesterdayOct 14

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chester County G O Carlson Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.03in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Chester County G O Carlson Airport, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

Airfield

Code: MQS
ICAO: KMQS
IATA: CTH
Field elevation: 660 ft
Serves: Coatesville
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: MQS
Wind now: From 160° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:35

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
11 / 29	5,400 ft	100 ft	Asphalt	102° / 282°	4 mph head, on 11	6 mph from the right

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chester County G O Carlson 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 now4 instruments

CoatesvilleMQS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/660 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR30 @ Business 30PA049

Beside a road/3.0 mi away/679 ft/19 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

AvondaleAVOP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/361 ft/299 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Avondale 2 N03761

At a climate reference station/10.0 mi away/400 ft/260 ft below here