Temperature
54 F at 3 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Andrews County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Andrews County, TexasFlood Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and western Texas, including the following areas, in southwest Texas, Central Brewster, Chinati Mountains, Chisos Basin, Davis Mountains, Davis Mountains Foothills, Lower Brewster County, Marfa Plateau, Pecos, Presidio Valley and Terrell. In western Texas, Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Reagan, Reeves County Plains, Scurry, Upton, Ward and Winkler. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Moisture from Hurricane Simon will stream over West Texas the next several days. Periods of heavy rain are expected from this system that will likely cause flash flooding, especially in urban areas and low water crossings where drainage is poor. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
55°
60°/50°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Strong breeze 27 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Andrews County Airport until 7 AM 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. Andrews County Airport is 55° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northeast at 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:34 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
65%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
55feels55
27mph
Today
Oct 16
6050
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5938
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6537
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7345
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7551
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7857
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
8060
15%
14mph
55°
60°50°
59°38°
65°37°
73°45°
75°51°
78°57°
80°60°
As of 3:00 AM in Andrews County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Andrews County Airport
Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 35 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Andrews County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.51 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.51in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Andrews County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- E11
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,174 ft
- Serves
- Andrews
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- E11
- Wind now
- From 30° at 30 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,893 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 25° / 205° | 30 mph head, on 02 | 3 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 unlit | 3,048 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | 1 mph head, on 29 | 30 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,816 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | 21 mph head, on 34 | 21 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Andews (E11), Andrews County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 12 PM Thursday to 87% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 65%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
22 mph from the north northeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 37 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 22mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.51 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.51inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.51inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- 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 300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Andews: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Andrews County Airport, 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 now2 instruments
AndewsE11
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,160 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Midland RAWSMNDT2
A remote fire weather station/33.4 mi away/2,867 ft/307 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Andrews 1.0 NNETX-AD-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/3,174 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Odessa Co-OpODET2
At a cooperative observer's station/32.8 mi away/2,969 ft/205 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 Andrews County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Andrewscity, 1 mi
- McKinney Acrescommunity, 2 mi
- Gardendalecommunity, 24 mi
- Goldsmithcity, 25 mi
- Seminolecity, 27 mi
- Odessacity, 33 mi
- West Odessacommunity, 34 mi
- Midlandcity, 35 mi
- Loopcommunity, 41 mi
- Seagravescity, 42 mi
- Lamesacity, 43 mi
- Los Ybanezcity, 45 mi
Airports near Andrews County Airport
- Gaines County AirportGNC, 25 mi
- Odessa Schlemeyer FieldODO, 30 mi
- Midland AirparkMDD, 32 mi
- Midland International Air and Space PortMAF, 33 mi
- Lamesa Municipal AirportLUV, 46 mi
- Denver City AirportE57, 48 mi
- Winkler County AirportINK, 55 mi
- Roy Hurd Memorial AirportE01, 56 mi