Temperature
58 F at 10 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 58F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gaines County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Gaines County, Texas* 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.
58°
75°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Gaines County Airport until 7 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 75° today.
Now. Gaines County Airport is 58° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Saturday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
60%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
58feels58
17mph
Today
Oct 15
7562
21%
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
5949
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5836
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6436
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7244
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7550
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7856
12%
58°
75°62°
59°49°
58°36°
64°36°
72°44°
75°50°
78°56°
As of 11:00 PM in Gaines County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Gaines County Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hobbs (NM), 28 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gaines County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.43 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gaines County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GNC
- ICAO
- KGNC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,315 ft
- Serves
- Seminole
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GNC
- Wind now
- From 20° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:50
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,381 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 08 | 16 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | 16 mph head, on 35 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Seminole (GNC), Gaines County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 58% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 9 AM to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 58%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.42 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.39 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.42inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.39inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 2 AM
- 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 6 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
Seminole: 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 Gaines County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
SeminoleGNC
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/3,314 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Seminole 0.7 WTX-GN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/3,323 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Denver CityDNVT2
At a cooperative observer's station/22.1 mi away/3,560 ft/245 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Denver City (DNVT2), 22.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Gaines County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Seminolecity, 3 mi
- Seagravescity, 19 mi
- Loopcommunity, 21 mi
- Denver Citytown, 23 mi
- Andrewscity, 25 mi
- McKinney Acrescommunity, 27 mi
- Wellmancity, 29 mi
- Welchcommunity, 35 mi
- Plainstown, 37 mi
- Lamesacity, 40 mi
- Brownfieldcity, 41 mi
- Los Ybanezcity, 43 mi
Airports near Gaines County Airport
- Denver City AirportE57, 24 mi
- Andrews County AirportE11, 25 mi
- Lamesa Municipal AirportLUV, 43 mi
- Odessa Schlemeyer FieldODO, 54 mi
- Midland AirparkMDD, 55 mi
- Midland International Air and Space PortMAF, 57 mi
- Levelland Municipal AirportLLN, 63 mi
- Winkler County AirportINK, 70 mi