Temperature
65 F at 3 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field, Alabama
Medium airport in Dale County, Alabama* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and compromised trees. Trees damaged from Hurricane Isaias will be extra vulnerable to the elevated winds that may result in more downed trees in the area. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frequent wind gusts forecast around 30-35 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
65°
87°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph WNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 87° today.
Now. Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field is 65° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
4Air quality
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8764
11%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7154
11%
17mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6950
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7350
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7650
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7951
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8052
overcast
65°
87°64°
71°54°
69°50°
73°50°
76°50°
79°51°
80°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field
Index 4, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 38 miles off.
4Good
- Ozone4Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field
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 Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OZR
- ICAO
- KOZR
- IATA
- OZR
- Field elevation
- 301 ft
- Serves
- Fort Rucker/Ozark
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OZR
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,546 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 61° / 241° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 5,025 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cairns AAF/Ozark (OZR), Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
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
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
Cairns AAF/Ozark: 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 Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/299 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Troy 2 W23801
At a climate reference station/39.3 mi away/472 ft/171 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
TroyTRXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.4 mi away/482 ft/181 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Daleville 0.3 EAL-DL-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/297 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Geneva No. 2GVAA1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.9 mi away/135 ft/166 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 Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dalevillecity, 2 mi
- Clayhatcheetown, 3 mi
- Level Plainstown, 4 mi
- Fort Ruckercommunity, 5 mi
- Newtontown, 8 mi
- Enterprisecity, 8 mi
- Pinckardtown, 10 mi
- Hartfordcity, 12 mi
- Ozarkcity, 12 mi
- Midland Citytown, 13 mi
- Slocombcity, 14 mi
- Coffee Springstown, 14 mi
Airports near Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field
- Enterprise Municipal AirportEDN, 11 mi
- Dothan Regional AirportDHN, 16 mi
- Florala Municipal Airport0J4, 39 mi
- South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport79J, 40 mi
- Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell FieldTOI, 44 mi
- Weedon FieldEUF, 58 mi
- Mac Crenshaw Memorial AirportPRN, 66 mi
- Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton FieldGZH, 79 mi