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Alpine Airpark, Wyoming

Small airport in Lincoln County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Alpine Airpark

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (WY), 25 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alpine Airpark

None in the last 24 hours; 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.52in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alpine Airpark, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
46U
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
5,634 ft
Serves
Alpine
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
46U
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:45

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 31 unlit5,827 ft70 ftAsphalt143° / 323°CalmCalm
13312,000 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 Alpine (46U), Alpine Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

40 F at 9 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
40F
9 PM
Highest
57F
4 PM
Lowest
30F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Alpine, temperature from 29.6 to 57.2, the latest 39.8; dew point from 29.6 to 38.0, the latest 34.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF2030405060Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 34 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 4 PM to 100% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
34F
9 PM
Humidity now
81%
Humidity, range
36 to 100%
Relative humidity at Alpine, relative humidity from 36 to 100, the latest 81, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

2 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 17 mph at 11 AM.

Now
2mph
from the east
Strongest
8mph
11 AM
Highest gust
17mph
11 AM
Wind and Gust at Alpine, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 2; gust from 14 to 17, the latest 14, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Alpine, wind direction from 90 to 320, the latest 100, 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

30.66 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.66inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.32inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Alpine, pressure, altimeter from 30.34 to 30.66, the latest 30.66, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3030.4030.5030.6030.70Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Alpine, visibility from 0.3 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 200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Alpine, lowest cloud base from 200 to 900, the latest 900, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2004006008001,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFR

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

Alpine: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alpine Airpark, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Alpine46U

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/5,622 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Salt River 3 NW EtnaSALW4

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.7 mi away/5,741 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Moose 1 NNE04131

At a climate reference station/36.9 mi away/6,466 ft/832 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Alpine 1.1 WWY-LN-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/5,674 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Bedford 3SE - COOPBDFW4

At a cooperative observer's station/22.3 mi away/6,352 ft/718 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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