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Culpeper Regional Airport, Virginia

Small airport in Culpeper County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Culpeper Regional Airport

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 31 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Culpeper Regional Airport

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Culpeper Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CJR
ICAO
KCJR
IATA
-
Field elevation
316 ft
Serves
Culpeper
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CJR
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,000 ft100 ftAsphalt28° / 208°CalmCalm
04222,000 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 Culpeper (CJR), Culpeper Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.

Now
61F
12 AM
Highest
72F
4 AM Thursday
Lowest
61F
11 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Culpeper, temperature from 60.8 to 72.2, the latest 60.8; dew point from 54.5 to 68.5, the latest 58.5, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5055606570753 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 59 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 3 PM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
59F
12 AM
Humidity now
92%
Humidity, range
66 to 92%
Relative humidity at Culpeper, relative humidity from 66 to 92, the latest 92, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 6 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
8mph
6 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Culpeper, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Culpeper, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 110, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.11 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.11inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Culpeper, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.21, the latest 30.11, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.2030.253 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
4mi
10 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Culpeper, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 7.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,700ft
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Culpeper, lowest cloud base from 300 to 11,000, the latest 1,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Wettest hour
0.03in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Culpeper, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Culpeper: 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 Culpeper Regional 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

CulpeperCJR

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/312 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

N Piedmont Arec ScanNPAV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.6 mi away/520 ft/204 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

N Piedmont ArecS2039

At a soil climate station/24.6 mi away/520 ft/204 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Remington 0.8 EVA-FQ-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/308 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SperryvilleSPYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.2 mi away/906 ft/590 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Sperryville (SPYV2), 21.2 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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