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Abernathy Field, Tennessee

Small airport in Giles County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Abernathy Field

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 22 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Abernathy Field

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Abernathy Field, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
GZS
ICAO
KGZS
IATA
-
Field elevation
685 ft
Serves
Pulaski
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
GZS
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 345,310 ft75 ftAsphalt153° / 333°CalmCalm
16342,000 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 Pulaski (GZS), Abernathy Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

64 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 3 AM.

Now
64F
9 PM
Highest
91F
2 PM
Lowest
64F
3 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Pulaski, temperature from 64.4 to 91.4, the latest 64.4; dew point from 56.0 to 71.0, the latest 64.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090100Oct 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 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 2 PM to 100% at 10 PM Wednesday.

Dew point now
64F
9 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
30 to 100%
Relative humidity at Pulaski, relative humidity from 30 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 3 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
9mph
3 PM
Highest gust
16mph
3 PM
Wind and Gust at Pulaski, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 0; gust from 13 to 16, the latest 13, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Pulaski, wind direction from 150 to 340, the latest 210, 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

30.04 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.04inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Pulaski, pressure, altimeter from 30.03 to 30.13, the latest 30.04, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.5mi
3 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Pulaski, visibility from 0.5 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 4,600 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.

Lowest base now
4,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours
4,600ft
7 PM
Hours with a base reported
8
Lowest cloud base at Pulaski, lowest cloud base from 4,600 to 7,000, the latest 4,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft4,0005,0006,0007,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Pulaski: 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 Abernathy Field, 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

PulaskiGZS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/659 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Allen Farms ScanALFT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/705 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Allen FarmsS2076

At a soil climate station/10.7 mi away/705 ft/20 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Pulaski 1.5 WSWTN-GL-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/716 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Pulaski Wastewater PlantPULT1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/659 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pulaski Wastewater Plant (PULT1), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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