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Duchesne Municipal Airport, Utah

Small airport in Duchesne County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Duchesne Municipal Airport

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Roosevelt (UT), 21 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone28Good33 ppb10.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.6 ppb10.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Duchesne Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Duchesne Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.

ThuFriSat

Airfield

Code
U69
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
5,826 ft
Serves
Duchesne
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
U69
Wind now
From 60° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
08 / 26 unlit3,091 ft75 ftGrass90° / 270°4 mph head, on 082 mph from the left
17 / 355,800 ft60 ftAsphalt180° / 0°3 mph head, on 354 mph from the right
082617352,000 ftN60° 5 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 Duchesne (U69), Duchesne Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

47 F at 8 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
47F
8 PM
Highest
55F
4 PM
Lowest
40F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Duchesne, temperature from 40.4 to 55.4, the latest 47.3; dew point from 32.0 to 42.2, the latest 32.9, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF304050609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 33 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM to 100% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
33F
8 PM
Humidity now
57%
Humidity, range
43 to 100%
Relative humidity at Duchesne, relative humidity from 43 to 100, the latest 57, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the east at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 31 mph at 9 PM Wednesday.

Now
5mph
from the east
Strongest
15mph
9 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
31mph
9 PM Wednesday
Wind and Gust at Duchesne, wind from 0 to 15, the latest 5; gust from 14 to 31, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030409 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Duchesne, wind direction from 60 to 290, the latest 80, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Pressure

30.63 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.63inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.49inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Duchesne, pressure, altimeter from 30.14 to 30.63, the latest 30.63, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.2030.4030.6030.809 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Duchesne, visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
2 AM
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Duchesne, lowest cloud base from 100 to 9,500, the latest 5,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Duchesne Municipal 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 now4 instruments

DuchesneU69

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,809 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Little Red Fox ScanLRFU1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/5,397 ft/429 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Little Red FoxS2155

At a soil climate station/4.1 mi away/5,395 ft/431 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

US-40 @ StarvationUTSTV

Beside a road/6.1 mi away/5,764 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

DuchesneDSNU1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/5,620 ft/206 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Bridgeland 1.2 WUT-DC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/5,334 ft/492 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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