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Mifflin County Airport, Pennsylvania

Small airport in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Mifflin County Airport

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, State College (PA), 14 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good15.8 mi
  • Ozone23Good27 ppb15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mifflin County Airport

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
RVL
ICAO
KRVL
IATA
RED
Field elevation
819 ft
Serves
Reedsville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
RVL
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 13:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,001 ft75 ftAsphalt49° / 229°CalmCalm
06241,000 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 Reedsville (RVL), Mifflin County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

75 F at 1 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
75F
1 PM
Highest
75F
1 PM
Lowest
57F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Reedsville, temperature from 57.2 to 75.2, the latest 75.2; dew point from 49.4 to 66.2, the latest 66.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40506070803 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 66 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
66F
1 PM
Humidity now
74%
Humidity, range
55 to 100%
Relative humidity at Reedsville, relative humidity from 55 to 100, the latest 74, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Wind

2 mph from the east at 1 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 7 PM Thursday.

Now
2mph
from the east
Strongest
7mph
11 PM Thursday
Highest gust
16mph
7 PM Thursday
Wind at Reedsville, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Wind direction at Reedsville, wind direction from 80 to 210, the latest 80, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Pressure

29.67 inHg at 1 PM, falling 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.67inHg
1 PM
3 hours
-0.13inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.46inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Reedsville, pressure, altimeter from 29.67 to 30.13, the latest 29.67, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.203 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
3mi
8 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Reedsville, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
8 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Reedsville, lowest cloud base from 100 to 4,300, the latest 3,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.16 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 4 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Wettest hour
0.13in
4 AM
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Reedsville, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.13, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.050.100.153 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Reedsville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mifflin County 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

ReedsvilleRVL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/810 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Chestnut SpringsCNUP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/1,706 ft/887 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rock Springs PaS2036

At a soil climate station/16.3 mi away/1,220 ft/401 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Reedsville 3.2 NNWPA-MF-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/958 ft/139 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

LewistownLSTP1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/476 ft/343 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lewistown (LSTP1), 7.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Mifflin County Airport

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Near Mifflin County Airport