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Powell Municipal Airport, Wyoming

Small airport in Park County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Powell Municipal Airport

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Cody (WY), 27 miles off.

0Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 7, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Powell Municipal Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Powell Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
POY
ICAO
KPOY
IATA
POY
Field elevation
5,092 ft
Serves
Powell
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
POY
Wind now
From 140° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:10

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 21 unlit2,623 ft100 ftGrass45° / 225°1 mph head, on 2116 mph from the left
13 / 316,200 ft100 ftAsphalt144° / 324°16 mph head, on 131 mph from the left
16 / 34 unlit2,400 ft100 ftGrass180° / 0°12 mph head, on 1610 mph from the left
0321133116342,000 ftN140° 16 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 Powell (POY), Powell Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

41 F at 10 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
41F
10 AM
Highest
51F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
31F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Powell, temperature from 30.8 to 50.6, the latest 41.0; dew point from 19.4 to 26.6, the latest 23.9, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF10203040506012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 24 F, the air 50% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 12 PM Thursday to 73% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
24F
10 AM
Humidity now
50%
Humidity, range
34 to 73%
Relative humidity at Powell, relative humidity from 34 to 73, the latest 50, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%30405060708012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Wind

18 mph from the southeast at 10 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 11 AM Thursday.

Now
18mph
from the southeast
Strongest
25mph
11 AM Thursday
Highest gust
32mph
11 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Powell, wind from 4 to 25, the latest 18; gust from 26 to 32, the latest 26, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020304012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Powell, wind direction from 110 to 360, the latest 140, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°09018027036012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Pressure

30.60 inHg at 10 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.60inHg
10 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Powell, pressure, altimeter from 30.60 to 30.71, the latest 30.60, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.6030.6530.7030.7512 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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 Powell, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.51012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

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

Powell: 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 Powell Municipal 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

PowellPOY

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,048 ft/44 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rattlesnake Mountain RAWSRATW4

A remote fire weather station/30.9 mi away/8,602 ft/3,510 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Powell Field Station - COOPPFSW4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/4,350 ft/742 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Powell 0.3 NNEWY-PK-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/4,386 ft/706 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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