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Warrenton Fauquier Airport, Virginia

Small airport in Fauquier County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Warrenton Fauquier Airport

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 25 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • 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 44 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 Warrenton Fauquier Airport

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Warrenton Fauquier Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HWY
ICAO
KHWY
IATA
-
Field elevation
336 ft
Serves
Midland
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HWY
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 33 unlit5,000 ft100 ftAsphalt139° / 319°CalmCalm
15331,000 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 Warrenton (HWY), Warrenton Fauquier Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 12 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.

Now
61F
12 AM
Highest
73F
3 AM Thursday
Lowest
61F
11 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Warrenton, temperature from 60.8 to 73.2, the latest 60.8; dew point from 53.4 to 69.1, the latest 58.0, 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 58 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 10 AM Thursday to 91% at 9 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
58F
12 AM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
64 to 91%
Relative humidity at Warrenton, relative humidity from 64 to 91, the latest 90, 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 9 mph, 6 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
9mph
6 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Warrenton, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Warrenton, wind direction from 10 to 80, the latest 60, 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

30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.07inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.04inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Warrenton, pressure, altimeter from 30.03 to 30.19, the latest 30.07, 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 5 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
5mi
11 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Warrenton, visibility from 5.0 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 1,300 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Warrenton, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 12,000, the latest 1,300, 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, 0.01 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Wettest hour
0.01in
1 PM Thursday
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Warrenton, 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

Warrenton: 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 Warrenton Fauquier 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

WarrentonHWY

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/335 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

N Piedmont ArecS2039

At a soil climate station/32.8 mi away/520 ft/184 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Bealeton 3.2 NWVA-FQ-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/476 ft/140 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ManassasMNNV2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/256 ft/80 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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