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Jack Brooks Regional Airport, Texas

Medium airport in Jefferson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Jack Brooks Regional Airport

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 10 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jack Brooks Regional Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Brooks Regional Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
BPT
ICAO
KBPT
IATA
BPT
Field elevation
15 ft
Serves
Beaumont/Port Arthur
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BPT
Wind now
From 360° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 306,751 ft150 ftConcrete121° / 301°8 mph head, on 3014 mph from the right
16 / 345,071 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete166° / 346°16 mph head, on 344 mph from the right
123016342,000 ftN360° 16 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Beaumont - Port Arthur (BPT), Jack Brooks Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 7 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 PM.

Now
69F
7 PM
Highest
79F
10 AM
Lowest
69F
7 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Beaumont - Port Arthur, temperature from 69.0 to 79.0, the latest 69.0; dew point from 42.0 to 75.0, the latest 42.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40506070809 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 42 F, the air 37% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 7 PM to 99% at 7 AM.

Dew point now
42F
7 PM
Humidity now
37%
Humidity, range
37 to 99%
Relative humidity at Beaumont - Port Arthur, relative humidity from 37 to 99, the latest 37, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801009 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

20 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 7 PM.

Now
20mph
from the north
Strongest
21mph
12 PM
Highest gust
37mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Beaumont - Port Arthur, wind from 2 to 21, the latest 20; gust from 21 to 37, the latest 37, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030409 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Beaumont - Port Arthur, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 360, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.22 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.22inHg
7 PM
3 hours
+0.09inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.20inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Beaumont - Port Arthur, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.22, the latest 30.22, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.2030.259 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
4mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Beaumont - Port Arthur, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
7 AM
Hours with a base reported
21
Lowest cloud base at Beaumont - Port Arthur, lowest cloud base from 300 to 12,000, the latest 9,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0009 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMMVFRVFR

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
0.00in
3 PM
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Beaumont - Port Arthur, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.109 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Beaumont - Port Arthur: 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 Jack Brooks Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Beaumont - Port ArthurBPT

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/15 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/18.2 mi away/19 ft/4 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Nederland 1.8 WTX-JJ-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/17 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

CityPTHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/13 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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