Temperature
74 F at 10 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 72F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field), Florida
Medium airport in Duval County, Florida73°
87°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Now. Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) is 73° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 92): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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
92Air quality
86%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8769
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8968
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7670
16%
19mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7060
22mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7361
20%
17mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7661
12mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7761
13mph
UV 7
73°
87°69°
89°68°
76°70°
70°60°
73°61°
76°61°
77°61°
As of 11:00 PM in Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field), Florida.
Air quality
The air at Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
Index 92, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jacksonville (FL), 7 miles off.
92Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)92Moderate4.6 mi
- Ozone18Good5 ppb13.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)46Good7.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.5 ppb4.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb8.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm4.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
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 Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field), the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NIP
- ICAO
- KNIP
- IATA
- NIP
- Field elevation
- 21 ft
- Serves
- Jacksonville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NIP
- Wind now
- From 110° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 9,003 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 10 | 2 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 5,978 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 5 mph head, on 14 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jacksonville NAS (NIP), Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 2 PM to 97% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 6 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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
Jacksonville NAS: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field), how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/23 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jacksonville 6.8 SSWFL-DV-93
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/39 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forestry ServiceJACF1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/92 ft/71 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orange Parktown, 5 mi
- Bellair-Meadowbrook Terracecommunity, 5 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 6 mi
- Lakesidecommunity, 9 mi
- Oakleaf Plantationcommunity, 10 mi
- Fleming Islandcommunity, 10 mi
- Fruit Covecommunity, 10 mi
- Asbury Lakecommunity, 15 mi
- Green Cove Springscity, 17 mi
- Jacksonville Beachcity, 17 mi
- Palm Valleycommunity, 17 mi
- Neptune Beachcity, 17 mi
Airports near Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
- Herlong AirportHEG, 8 mi
- Cecil AirportVQQ, 12 mi
- Jacksonville Executive at Craig AirportCRG, 12 mi
- Whitehouse Naval Outlying FieldNEN, 14 mi
- Jacksonville International AirportJAX, 18 mi
- Naval Station Mayport / Admiral David L McDonald FieldNRB, 19 mi
- Northeast Florida Regional AirportSGJ, 28 mi
- Fernandina Beach Municipal AirportFHB, 29 mi