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Chehalis Centralia Airport, Washington

Small airport in Lewis County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Chehalis Centralia Airport

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Chehalis (WA), 1 mile off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate1.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chehalis Centralia 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 Chehalis Centralia Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CLS
ICAO
KCLS
IATA
CLS
Field elevation
176 ft
Serves
Chehalis
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CLS
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16 / 345,000 ft140 ftConcrete177° / 357°CalmCalm
16342,000 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 Chehalis (CLS), Chehalis Centralia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

43 F at 4 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
43F
4 AM
Highest
66F
4 PM Thursday
Lowest
43F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Chehalis, temperature from 42.8 to 66.2, the latest 42.8; dew point from 42.8 to 57.2, the latest 42.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060706 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 43 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
43F
4 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
67 to 100%
Relative humidity at Chehalis, relative humidity from 67 to 100, the latest 100, 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 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
9mph
10 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Chehalis, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Chehalis, wind direction from 10 to 330, the latest 20, 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

30.22 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.22inHg
4 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.15inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Chehalis, pressure, altimeter from 30.22 to 30.39, the latest 30.22, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.2530.3030.3530.406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 0.3 miles now.

Now
0.3mi
Lowest
0.3mi
12 AM
Hours under a mile
6
Visibility at Chehalis, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 0.3, 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 400 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.

Lowest base now
400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
6 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
11
Lowest cloud base at Chehalis, lowest cloud base from 400 to 1,200, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft4006008001,0001,2006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Chehalis: 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 Chehalis Centralia 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

ChehalisCLS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/177 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

ChehalisBLKW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/164 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Grand MoundTGMND

Beside a road/8.7 mi away/184 ft/8 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Chehalis 0.0 NWA-LW-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/367 ft/191 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

DryadDYWW1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/315 ft/139 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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