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Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field, Virginia

Medium airport in Manassas city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 13 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field

0.02 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
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HEF
ICAO
KHEF
IATA
MNZ
Field elevation
192 ft
Serves
Manassas
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HEF
Wind now
From 180° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:14

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16L / 34R6,200 ft100 ftAsphalt151° / 331°4 mph head, on 16L2 mph from the right
16R / 34L3,715 ft75 ftAsphalt151° / 331°4 mph head, on 16R2 mph from the right
16L34R16R34L2,000 ftN180° 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 Manassas Muni(AWOS) (HEF), Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 12 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 12 AM.

Now
61F
12 AM
Highest
76F
2 AM Thursday
Lowest
61F
12 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Manassas Muni(AWOS), temperature from 60.8 to 76.0, the latest 60.8; dew point from 54.7 to 69.0, the latest 59.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF506070803 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 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 11 AM Thursday to 97% at 11 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
59F
12 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
65 to 97%
Relative humidity at Manassas Muni(AWOS), relative humidity from 65 to 97, the latest 94, 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

5 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 7 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
5mph
from the south
Strongest
11mph
7 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Manassas Muni(AWOS), wind from 0 to 11, the latest 5, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Manassas Muni(AWOS), wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 180, 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

30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.09inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.05inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.08inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Manassas Muni(AWOS), pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.20, the latest 30.09, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
1 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Manassas Muni(AWOS), visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 1,100 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,100ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Manassas Muni(AWOS), lowest cloud base from 1,100 to 12,000, the latest 1,500, 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

0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
2 PM Thursday
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Manassas Muni(AWOS), precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, 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

Manassas Muni(AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field, 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 now2 instruments

Manassas Muni(AWOS)HEF

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/194 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

ManassasMNNV2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/256 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Bull Run 4.0 SWVA-PW-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/286 ft/94 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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