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Georgetown County Airport, South Carolina

Small airport in Georgetown County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Georgetown County Airport

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 39 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Georgetown County Airport

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Georgetown County Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
GGE
ICAO
KGGE
IATA
GGE
Field elevation
39 ft
Serves
Georgetown
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
GGE
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 236,005 ft100 ftAsphalt41° / 221°CalmCalm
11 / 294,539 ft150 ftAsphalt102° / 282°CalmCalm
052311292,000 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 Georgetown (GGE), Georgetown County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
69F
10 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
65F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Georgetown, temperature from 65.0 to 87.8, the latest 68.9; dew point from 64.4 to 71.6, the latest 68.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 68 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
68F
10 PM
Humidity now
97%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Georgetown, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 97, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
9mph
10 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Georgetown, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Georgetown, wind direction from 160 to 290, the latest 190, 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

30.10 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Georgetown, pressure, altimeter from 30.07 to 30.14, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0630.0830.1030.1230.14Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.8 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.8mi
4 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Georgetown, visibility from 0.8 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 500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Georgetown, lowest cloud base from 500 to 700, the latest 700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft500550600650700Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMIFR

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

Georgetown: 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 Georgetown 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 now3 instruments

GeorgetownGGE

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/39 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

McClellanville 7 NE03728

At a climate reference station/11.4 mi away/9 ft/30 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Georgetown 4.7 SSC-GT-71

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/25 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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