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Provo Municipal Airport, Utah

Medium airport in Utah County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Provo Municipal Airport

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Provo (UT), 3 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Provo Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Provo Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PVU
ICAO
KPVU
IATA
PVU
Field elevation
4,497 ft
Serves
Provo
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PVU
Wind now
From 310° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 318,603 ft150 ftAsphalt146° / 326°9 mph head, on 312 mph from the left
18 / 366,628 ft150 ftAsphalt192° / 12°4 mph head, on 368 mph from the left
133118362,500 ftN310° 9 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 Provo Muni (AWOS) (PVU), Provo Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 8 PM; 62 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
54F
8 PM
Highest
62F
3 PM
Lowest
39F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Provo Muni (AWOS), temperature from 39.0 to 62.0, the latest 54.0; dew point from 36.0 to 45.0, the latest 45.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3040506070Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 45 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 4 PM to 92% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
45F
8 PM
Humidity now
71%
Humidity, range
39 to 92%
Relative humidity at Provo Muni (AWOS), relative humidity from 39 to 92, the latest 71, 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

9 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
9mph
from the northwest
Strongest
10mph
1 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Provo Muni (AWOS), wind from 0 to 10, the latest 9, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012.5Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Provo Muni (AWOS), wind direction from 80 to 330, the latest 310, 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

30.55 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.55inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.05inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.29inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Provo Muni (AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 30.26 to 30.55, the latest 30.55, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.3030.4030.5030.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Provo Muni (AWOS), visibility from 7.0 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 200 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
9 AM
Hours with a base reported
12
Lowest cloud base at Provo Muni (AWOS), lowest cloud base from 200 to 10,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,000Oct 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

Provo Muni (AWOS): 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 Provo Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Provo Muni (AWOS)PVU

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/4,491 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-15 @ ProvoUTPRV

Beside a road/3.7 mi away/4,495 ft/2 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Cascade Mountain SnotelCAMU1

A snow pillow on a mountain/7.4 mi away/7,774 ft/3,277 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Provo 1.7 WUT-UT-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4,576 ft/79 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Brigham Young Univ.PROU1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/4,603 ft/106 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brigham Young Univ. (PROU1), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:20. measured daily

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