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Chase City Municipal Airport, Virginia

Small airport in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Chase City Municipal Airport

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Prince Edward Co. (VA), 31 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chase City Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Chase City Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CXE
ICAO
KCXE
IATA
-
Field elevation
503 ft
Serves
Chase City
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CXE
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18 / 363,400 ft50 ftAsphalt175° / 355°CalmCalm
18361,000 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 Chase City (CXE), Chase City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

65 F at 4 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
65F
4 AM
Highest
79F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
65F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Chase City, temperature from 64.8 to 79.3, the latest 64.8; dew point from 62.8 to 67.5, the latest 64.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60657075806 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 64 F, the air 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 12 PM Thursday to 99% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
64F
4 AM
Humidity now
99%
Humidity, range
65 to 99%
Relative humidity at Chase City, relative humidity from 65 to 99, the latest 99, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
6mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Chase City, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph024686 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Chase City, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 130, 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

30.04 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.04inHg
4 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Chase City, pressure, altimeter from 30.04 to 30.14, the latest 30.04, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.156 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 4 AM; 1 miles now.

Now
1mi
Lowest
1mi
4 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Chase City, visibility from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 1.0, 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 300 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
300ft
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Chase City, lowest cloud base from 300 to 11,000, the latest 300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Chase City 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 now1 instrument

Chase CityCXE

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/488 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Chase CityCCYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/524 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Red Oak 1.4 NVA-CH-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/365 ft/138 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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