Temperature
58 F at 3 AM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 58F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 81F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Reagan County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Reagan 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.
57°
59°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Reagan 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. Reagan County Airport is 57° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:33 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
6Air quality
80%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
57feels57
20%
20mph
Today
Oct 16
5950
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5939
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6538
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7146
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7652
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8058
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8160
overcast
57°
59°50°
59°39°
65°38°
71°46°
76°52°
80°58°
81°60°
As of 3:00 AM in Reagan County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Reagan County Airport
Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 66 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 Reagan County Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
Visibility
How far you can see at Reagan County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- E41
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,706 ft
- Serves
- Big Lake
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- E41
- Wind now
- From 20° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 unlit | 4,001 ft | 60 ft | GRE | 97° / 277° | 5 mph head, on 09 | 20 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 5,035 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | 18 mph head, on 34 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Big Lake Reagan (E41), Reagan County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM Thursday to 89% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north northeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 28 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 44 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 44mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.40 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.40inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 11 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 900 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
Big Lake Reagan: 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 Reagan 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,684 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Barnhart 10SBNHT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/2,631 ft/75 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ozona 16.9 WNWTX-CRK-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.6 mi away/2,561 ft/145 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cope Ranch Co-OpSRLT2
On a farm or research station/25.7 mi away/2,454 ft/252 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 Reagan County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Reagan County Airport
- Ozona Municipal AirportOZA, 36 mi
- San Angelo Regional Mathis FieldSJT, 59 mi
- Sonora Municipal AirportSOA, 65 mi
- Midland International Air and Space PortMAF, 67 mi
- Midland AirparkMDD, 69 mi
- Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle AirportBPG, 70 mi
- Odessa Schlemeyer FieldODO, 73 mi
- Fort Stockton Pecos County AirportFST, 88 mi