Temperature
57 F at 2 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 79F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), Texas
Medium airport in El Paso County, TexasHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust possible. * WHERE...Far West Texas and Otero Mesa. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until noon MDT Friday. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
58°
66°/54°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 58°·Fresh breeze 24 mph ENE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) until 12 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) is 58° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 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. Air quality is hazardous (index 310): everyone should stay indoors and keep activity low.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. Rain is possible Wednesday (41%) and Thursday (46%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
310Air quality
44%Humidity
56%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
58feels58
24mph
Today
Oct 16
6654
33mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6545
15mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7345
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7955
10%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8459
16%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8462
41%
Thu
Oct 22
8362
46%
UV 6
58°
66°54°
65°45°
73°45°
79°55°
84°59°
84°62°
83°62°
As of 3:00 AM in Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), Texas.
Air quality
The air at Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)
Index 310, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, El Paso (TX), 3 miles off.
310Hazardous
- Fine particles (PM2.5)137Unhealthy for sensitive groups12.5 mi
- Ozone35Good31 ppb12.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)310Hazardous12.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb12.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 85, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 85YesterdayOct 15
- Unhealthy for sensitive groupsTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BIF
- ICAO
- KBIF
- IATA
- BIF
- Field elevation
- 3,946 ft
- Serves
- Fort Bliss/El Paso
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BIF
- Wind now
- From 60° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 13,554 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 43° / 223° | 20 mph head, on 04 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Bliss (BIF), Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 1 PM Thursday to 44% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 44%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 44%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the east northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.46 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.24 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.46inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.24inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 12 AM
- 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 9,000 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 9,000ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Fort Bliss: 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 Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), 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 now1 instrument
Fort BlissBIF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,947 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
El Paso 2.5 NNETX-EP-148
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/3,916 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TornilloTLLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/34.6 mi away/3,567 ft/379 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 Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Blisscommunity, 3 mi
- El Pasocity, 9 mi
- Homestead Meadows Northcommunity, 12 mi
- Homestead Meadows Southcommunity, 13 mi
- Canutillocommunity, 14 mi
- Westwaycommunity, 14 mi
- Prado Verdecommunity, 14 mi
- Sparkscommunity, 15 mi
- Vintonvillage, 15 mi
- Socorrocity, 15 mi
- Horizon Citycity, 16 mi
- Anthonytown, 16 mi
Airports near Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)
- El Paso International AirportELP, 3 mi
- Fabens AirportE35, 27 mi
- Culberson County AirportVHN, 109 mi
- Pecos Municipal AirportPEQ, 172 mi
- Marfa Municipal AirportMRF, 173 mi
- Winkler County AirportINK, 187 mi
- Alpine Casparis Municipal AirportE38, 189 mi
- Presidio Lely International AirportPRS, 194 mi