Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Edwards County Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 67% around 4 AM.
Now. Edwards County Airport is 65° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, 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 7:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:31 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Edwards County Airport, Texas.
Precipitation
0.79 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,050 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Rocksprings (ECU), Edwards County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 10 PM Thursday; 82 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 5 PM Thursday to 98% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 33 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.21 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
0.49 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.25 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rocksprings: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Edwards 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 now1 instrument
RockspringsECU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,372 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rocksprings 6.2 STX-ED-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/2,287 ft/85 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RockspringsRKST2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/2,385 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.