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Mark Anton Airport, Tennessee

Small airport in Rhea County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Mark Anton Airport

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 19 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate18.8 mi
  • Ozone-22 ppb22.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mark Anton Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Mark Anton Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
2A0
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
719 ft
Serves
Dayton
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
2A0
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 215,001 ft100 ftAsphalt28° / 208°CalmCalm
03212,000 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 Dayton (2A0), Mark Anton Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

67 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now
67F
1 AM
Highest
90F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
66F
5 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Dayton, temperature from 66.2 to 89.6, the latest 66.8; dew point from 65.6 to 74.6, the latest 66.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
67F
1 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Dayton, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
6mph
5 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Dayton, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Dayton, wind direction from 190 to 240, the latest 200, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.02 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.02inHg
1 AM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Dayton, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.12, the latest 30.02, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 0.8 miles now.

Now
0.8mi
Lowest
0.3mi
5 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
6
Visibility at Dayton, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 0.8, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
0ft
8 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
10
Lowest cloud base at Dayton, lowest cloud base from 0 to 7,000, the latest 1,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Dayton: 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 Mark Anton Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dayton2A0

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/705 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bledsoe State ForestBLDT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/1,795 ft/1,076 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Crossville 7 NW63855

At a climate reference station/37.9 mi away/1,913 ft/1,194 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Dayton 0.7 ESETN-RH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/863 ft/144 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

DaytonDAYT1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/807 ft/88 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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