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McMinn County Airport, Tennessee

Small airport in McMinn County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at McMinn County Airport

Index 4, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 3 miles off.

4Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good4.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at McMinn County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 McMinn County Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
MMI
ICAO
KMMI
IATA
MMI
Field elevation
875 ft
Serves
Athens
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MMI
Wind now
From 340° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 206,450 ft100 ftAsphalt19° / 199°5 mph head, on 024 mph from the left
02202,000 ftN340° 7 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Athens (MMI), McMinn County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

59 F at 8 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 8 PM.

Now
59F
8 PM
Highest
84F
2 PM
Lowest
59F
8 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Athens, temperature from 59.0 to 84.2, the latest 59.0; dew point from 48.2 to 69.2, the latest 48.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060708090Oct 163 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 48 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 2 PM to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
48F
8 PM
Humidity now
67%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Athens, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 67, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

11 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 4 PM.

Now
11mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
16mph
6 PM
Highest gust
26mph
4 PM
Wind and Gust at Athens, wind from 0 to 16, the latest 11; gust from 12 to 26, the latest 20, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Athens, wind direction from 220 to 340, the latest 330, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.15 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.15inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.10inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.08inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Athens, pressure, altimeter from 29.94 to 30.15, the latest 30.15, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 9 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
9 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Athens, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 163 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 200 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
8 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Athens, lowest cloud base from 200 to 7,000, the latest 2,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest McMinn 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 now2 instruments

AthensMMI

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/804 ft/71 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Delano 2SW RAWSDLOT1

A remote fire weather station/10.4 mi away/778 ft/97 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Englewood 0.5 ETN-MM-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/843 ft/32 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

AthensAHNT1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/938 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near McMinn County Airport