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Wilbarger County Airport, Texas

Small airport in Wilbarger County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Wilbarger County Airport

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 55 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wilbarger County Airport

3.00 in in the last 24 hours, 7.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
3.00in
Last 3 days
7.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wilbarger County Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
F05
ICAO
-
IATA
WIB
Field elevation
1,265 ft
Serves
Vernon
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
F05
Wind now
From 360° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
02 / 205,099 ft100 ftAsphalt32° / 212°13 mph head, on 028 mph from the left
16 / 344,304 ft80 ftAsphalt166° / 346°15 mph head, on 344 mph from the right
022016342,000 ftN360° 15 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 Vernon (F05), Wilbarger County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

57 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
57F
4 AM
Highest
69F
11 AM Thursday
Lowest
57F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Vernon, temperature from 56.7 to 69.0, the latest 56.7; dew point from 50.0 to 69.0, the latest 50.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50556065706 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 50 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 12 AM to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
50F
4 AM
Humidity now
78%
Humidity, range
75 to 100%
Relative humidity at Vernon, relative humidity from 75 to 100, the latest 78, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

16 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 4 PM Thursday.

Now
16mph
from the north
Strongest
25mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
35mph
4 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Vernon, wind from 2 to 25, the latest 16; gust from 20 to 35, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Vernon, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 360, 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

30.47 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.47inHg
4 AM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.49inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Vernon, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.47, the latest 30.47, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8030.0030.2030.4030.606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
9 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Vernon, visibility from 1.0 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 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
10 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Vernon, lowest cloud base from 400 to 9,000, the latest 9,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 2 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
2 AM
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Vernon, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Vernon: 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 Wilbarger 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

VernonF05

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,266 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Vernon 9S - SCANVNOT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.6 mi away/1,184 ft/81 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

VernonS2202

At a soil climate station/14.6 mi away/1,184 ft/81 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Vernon 0.8 NETX-WG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,224 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

VernonVNNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/1,237 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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