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Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, Texas

Small airport in Cameron County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Port Isabel Cameron County Airport

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 21 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Port Isabel Cameron County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PIL
ICAO
KPIL
IATA
-
Field elevation
19 ft
Serves
Port Isabel
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
PIL
Wind now
From 120° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 21 unlit5,000 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete35° / 215°1 mph head, on 036 mph from the right
08 / 26 unlit5,317 ft150 ftConcrete90° / 270°5 mph head, on 083 mph from the right
13 / 318,001 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete135° / 315°6 mph head, on 132 mph from the left
17 / 35 unlit4,200 ft75 ftConcrete180° / 0°3 mph head, on 175 mph from the left
03210826133117352,500 ftN120° 6 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 Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt (PIL), Port Isabel Cameron County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

79 F at 9 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 74 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
79F
9 PM
Highest
88F
11 AM
Lowest
74F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, temperature from 74.0 to 88.0, the latest 79.0; dew point from 67.0 to 73.0, the latest 67.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 67 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 10 AM to 84% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
67F
9 PM
Humidity now
67%
Humidity, range
53 to 84%
Relative humidity at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, relative humidity from 53 to 84, the latest 67, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

6 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 PM.

Now
6mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
13mph
10 AM
Highest gust
18mph
3 PM
Wind and Gust at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, wind from 4 to 13, the latest 6; gust from 17 to 18, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, wind direction from 90 to 180, the latest 120, 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

29.96 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
29.96inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, pressure, altimeter from 29.91 to 29.98, the latest 29.96, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9229.9429.9629.98Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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 Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, visibility from 10.0 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 2,600 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,600ft
11 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
11
Lowest cloud base at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, lowest cloud base from 2,600 to 4,100, the latest 3,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,5003,0003,5004,0004,500Oct 153 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

Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt: 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 Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Laguna Atascosa RAWSATRT2

A remote fire weather station/4.3 mi away/43 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

WeslacoS2205

At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/57 ft/38 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Laguna Vista 1.4 WNWTX-CMR-107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/11 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Port IsabelPIST2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/16 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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