Airports/New Mexico/Albuquerque International Sunport
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Albuquerque International Sunport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Albuquerque International Sunport is 52° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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. Air quality is moderate (index 76): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely Wednesday (50%) and Thursday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (36%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Albuquerque International Sunport, New Mexico.
Air quality
Index 76, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 8 mph head, on 03 | 16 mph from the right |
| 08 / 26 unlit | 13,793 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 17 mph head, on 08 | 6 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 unlit | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 128° / 308° | 17 mph head, on 12 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Albuquerque INTL (ABQ), Albuquerque International Sunport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 9 PM Thursday; 71 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 32 F, the air 43% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 4 PM Thursday to 70% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
30 mph from the east at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 30 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 48 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.43 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Albuquerque INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Albuquerque International Sunport, 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/5,315 ft/40 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sandia National Labs RAWSSFXN5
A remote fire weather station/11.4 mi away/6,314 ft/959 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-40 WB at Sedillo MP 181NM010
Beside a road/19.0 mi away/7,043 ft/1,688 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Los Lunas PMCS2169
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/4,846 ft/509 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Albuquerque 5.5 SNM-BR-292
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/5,262 ft/93 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Albuquerque 5NW - Rio Grande Nature CenterRGNN5
In a park or preserve/7.5 mi away/4,975 ft/380 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.