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Robert Sibley Airport, Tennessee

Small airport in McNairy County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Robert Sibley Airport

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (TN), 33 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Robert Sibley Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Robert Sibley Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
SZY
ICAO
KSZY
IATA
-
Field elevation
610 ft
Serves
Selmer
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
SZY
Wind now
Variable at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
17 / 355,002 ft75 ftAsphalt165° / 345°--
17352,000 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 Sibley (SZY), Robert Sibley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

71 F at 2 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
71F
2 AM
Highest
91F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
71F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Sibley, temperature from 71.0 to 90.8, the latest 71.0; dew point from 53.6 to 60.8, the latest 60.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 61 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 28% at 2 PM Thursday to 70% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
61F
2 AM
Humidity now
70%
Humidity, range
28 to 70%
Relative humidity at Sibley, relative humidity from 28 to 70, the latest 70, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060806 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

4 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 12 PM Thursday.

Now
4mph
from the south
Strongest
10mph
1 PM Thursday
Highest gust
17mph
12 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Sibley, wind from 1 to 10, the latest 4; gust from 12 to 17, the latest 12, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Sibley, wind direction from 180 to 260, the latest 180, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

30.02 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.02inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.04inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Sibley, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.12, the latest 30.02, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Sibley, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 7,500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
7,500ft
9 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
13
Lowest cloud base at Sibley, lowest cloud base from 7,500 to 12,000, the latest 12,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft6,0008,00010,00012,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMVFR

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

Sibley: 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 Robert Sibley 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

SibleySZY

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/600 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Shiloh NmpSHOT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/449 ft/161 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Selmer 0.9 NWTN-MN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/536 ft/74 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SelmerSELT1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/522 ft/88 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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