Temperature
72 F at 10 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jack Edwards National Airport, Alabama
Small airport in Baldwin County, Alabama72°
84°/67°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Calm 0 mph ESE
Now. Jack Edwards National Airport is 72° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
100%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
72feels72
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8467
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8268
21%
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7254
15%
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7253
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7554
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7756
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7756
overcast
72°
84°67°
82°68°
72°54°
72°53°
75°54°
77°56°
77°56°
As of 11:00 PM in Jack Edwards National Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Jack Edwards National Airport
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 36 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate18.2 mi
- Ozone8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 60YesterdayOct 14
- 49TodayOct 15
- 48FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jack Edwards National 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 Jack Edwards National Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JKA
- ICAO
- KJKA
- IATA
- GUF
- Field elevation
- 17 ft
- Serves
- Gulf Shores
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JKA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,962 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 3,596 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Gulf Shores (JKA), Jack Edwards National Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 72 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 1 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 72F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 0.5 miles now.
- Now
- 0.5mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 8
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Gulf Shores: 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 Jack Edwards National 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 now4 instruments
Gulf ShoresJKA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/16 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gasque/Bonsecour WmaBONA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/6 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Koptis FarmsS2180
At a soil climate station/16.2 mi away/135 ft/118 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/95 ft/78 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gulf Shores 2.6 NNEAL-BW-105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/30 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/7 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AnnistoncityAuburncityBirminghamcityCullmancityDauphin IslandtownDecaturcityDothancityFlorencecityFort PaynecityGadsdencityGulf ShorestownHuntsvillecityJaspercityLake GuntersvillefeatureMobilecityMobile BayfeatureMontgomerycityMount CheahafeatureSelmacityTalladega National ForestfeatureTroycityTuscaloosacity
Near Jack Edwards National Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gulf Shorestown, 2 mi
- Bon Secourcommunity, 4 mi
- Orange Beachcity, 6 mi
- Foleycity, 7 mi
- Elbertatown, 9 mi
- Magnolia Springstown, 10 mi
- Perdido Beachtown, 11 mi
- Summerdaletown, 14 mi
- Lilliancommunity, 16 mi
- Silverhilltown, 18 mi
- Robertsdalecity, 18 mi
- Point Clearcommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Jack Edwards National Airport
- Naval Outlying Field BarinNBJ, 7 mi
- H L Sonny Callahan AirportCQF, 17 mi
- Mobile Downtown AirportBFM, 33 mi
- Bay Minette Municipal Airport1R8, 41 mi
- Mobile Regional AirportMOB, 44 mi
- Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton FieldGZH, 86 mi
- Florala Municipal Airport0J4, 96 mi
- South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport79J, 103 mi