Temperature
55 F at 6 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fabens Airport, Texas
Small 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.
55°
67°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 19 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Fabens Airport 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. Fabens Airport is 55° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 19 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (index 126): children, older adults and people with heart or lung conditions should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Thunderstorms is possible Wednesday (35%) and Thursday (43%).
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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
126Air quality
48%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
55feels55
19mph
Today
Oct 16
6754
26mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6646
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7547
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8156
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8661
19%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8763
35%
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8564
43%
UV 7
55°
67°54°
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75°47°
81°56°
86°61°
87°63°
85°64°
As of 6:00 AM in Fabens Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Fabens Airport
Index 126, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, El Paso (TX), 28 miles off.
126Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Fine particles (PM2.5)92Moderate13 mi
- Ozone32Good36 ppb13 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)126Unhealthy for sensitive groups13 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 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fabens Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Fabens Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- E35
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,679 ft
- Serves
- Fabens
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- E35
- Wind now
- From 80° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 4,200 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 16 mph head, on 08 | 3 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 2,300 ft | 35 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 3 mph head, on 34 | 16 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fabens (E35), Fabens Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 47% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 12 PM Thursday to 50% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 47%
- Humidity, range
- 22 to 50%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the east at 6 AM; at its strongest 31 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 48 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 48mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.54 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.54inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 PM 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 8,500 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 8,500ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Fabens: 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 Fabens 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 now1 instrument
FabensE35
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,655 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
TornilloTLLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/3,567 ft/112 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
San Elizario 0.8 NWTX-EP-139
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/3,643 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Fabens Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fabenscommunity, 1 mi
- Morning Glorycommunity, 5 mi
- Tornillocommunity, 6 mi
- Clinttown, 7 mi
- San Elizariocity, 8 mi
- Agua Dulcecommunity, 10 mi
- Socorrocity, 12 mi
- Horizon Citycity, 12 mi
- Sparkscommunity, 12 mi
- Acalacommunity, 20 mi
- Homestead Meadows Southcommunity, 20 mi
- Homestead Meadows Northcommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Fabens Airport
- El Paso International AirportELP, 24 mi
- Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)BIF, 27 mi
- Culberson County AirportVHN, 87 mi
- Marfa Municipal AirportMRF, 149 mi
- Pecos Municipal AirportPEQ, 156 mi
- Alpine Casparis Municipal AirportE38, 166 mi
- Presidio Lely International AirportPRS, 168 mi
- Winkler County AirportINK, 174 mi