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Accomack County Airport, Virginia

Small airport in Accomack County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Accomack County Airport

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 64 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Accomack County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Accomack County Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MFV
ICAO
KMFV
IATA
MFV
Field elevation
47 ft
Serves
Melfa
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MFV
Wind now
-

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 215,000 ft100 ftAsphalt23° / 203°--
03212,000 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 Melfa/Accomack Arpt (MFV), Accomack County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

63 F at 11 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 62 F at its coolest, 8 PM.

Now
63F
11 PM
Highest
71F
6 AM
Lowest
62F
8 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, temperature from 62.2 to 70.7, the latest 63.3; dew point from 55.5 to 65.2, the latest 59.3, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5560657075Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW 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 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 7 AM to 87% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
59F
11 PM
Humidity now
87%
Humidity, range
72 to 87%
Relative humidity at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, relative humidity from 72 to 87, the latest 87, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7075808590Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the east at 11 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 7 AM.

Now
5mph
from the east
Strongest
18mph
7 AM
Highest gust
28mph
7 AM
Wind and Gust at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, wind from 2 to 18, the latest 5; gust from 16 to 28, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, wind direction from 10 to 290, the latest 90, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.12inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 29.97 to 30.17, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.

Lowest base now
2,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,400ft
10 AM
Hours with a base reported
18
Lowest cloud base at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, lowest cloud base from 1,400 to 9,000, the latest 2,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 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

Melfa/Accomack Arpt: 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 Accomack County 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 now2 instruments

Melfa/Accomack ArptMFV

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Cape Charles 5 ENE03739

At a climate reference station/26.2 mi away/29 ft/18 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Onley 0.6 SEVA-AC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/43 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/26 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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