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Hummel Field, Virginia

Small airport in Middlesex County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Hummel Field

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 47 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hummel Field

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Hummel Field, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
W75
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
30 ft
Serves
Saluda
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
W75
Wind now
From 120° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 19 unlit3,150 ft50 ftAsphalt356° / 176°3 mph head, on 194 mph from the left
01191,000 ftN120° 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 Saluda Hummel Field (W75), Hummel Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

65 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.

Now
65F
12 AM
Highest
74F
5 AM Thursday
Lowest
65F
6 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Saluda Hummel Field, temperature from 65.1 to 74.1, the latest 65.4; dew point from 58.2 to 67.4, the latest 61.1, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF55606570753 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 61 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 10 AM Thursday to 86% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
61F
12 AM
Humidity now
86%
Humidity, range
75 to 86%
Relative humidity at Saluda Hummel Field, relative humidity from 75 to 86, the latest 86, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%758085903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

5 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 2 PM Thursday.

Now
5mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
10mph
10 AM Thursday
Highest gust
17mph
2 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Saluda Hummel Field, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 5; gust from 16 to 17, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Saluda Hummel Field, wind direction from 20 to 320, the latest 120, 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; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.07inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Saluda Hummel Field, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.18, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.1030.1530.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Saluda Hummel Field, visibility from 10.0 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 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Saluda Hummel Field, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 11,000, the latest 1,300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,00012,5003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Saluda Hummel Field: 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 Hummel Field, 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

Saluda Hummel FieldW75

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/35 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

York River State ParkYRSV2

In a park or preserve/19.5 mi away/37 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Cape Charles 5 ENE03739

At a climate reference station/36.1 mi away/29 ft/1 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Locust Hill 1.1 ENEVA-MX-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/30 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

NorthNTHV2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/49 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at North (NTHV2), 11.6 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

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