Temperature
77 F at 9 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 66F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jasper County Airport Bell Field, Texas
Small airport in Jasper County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels and produce red flag conditions across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas through Friday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in place for all of southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana on Saturday. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 027 Vernon, Fire Weather Zone 028 Rapides, Fire Weather Zone 029 Avoyelles, Fire Weather Zone 030 Beauregard, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 260 Northern Newton. * TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 82 Friday, Up to 72 Saturday. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
72°
77°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Jasper County Airport Bell Field until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jasper County Airport Bell Field is 72° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
4UV Moderate
39Air quality
73%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
72feels72
14mph
Today
Oct 16
7764
22%
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7152
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7349
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7849
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8351
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8653
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8854
overcast
72°
77°64°
71°52°
73°49°
78°49°
83°51°
86°53°
88°54°
As of 11:00 AM in Jasper County Airport Bell Field, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Jasper County Airport Bell Field
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 53 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- 43TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jasper County Airport Bell Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Jasper County Airport Bell Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JAS
- ICAO
- KJAS
- IATA
- JAS
- Field elevation
- 213 ft
- Serves
- Jasper
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JAS
- Wind now
- From 340° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,500 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 14 mph head, on 36 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jasper County-Bell Field Airport (JAS), Jasper County Airport Bell Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 13 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 13mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 6
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Jasper County Airport Bell Field, 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
Jasper County-Bell Field AirportJAS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/213 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Neches River At Sam Rayburn ResJSPT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/197 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
JasperJAST2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/233 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Jasper 4.2 WSWTX-JS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/188 ft/25 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 Jasper County Airport Bell Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jaspercity, 3 mi
- Sam Rayburncommunity, 13 mi
- Newtoncity, 17 mi
- Browndellcity, 17 mi
- Kirbyvillecity, 18 mi
- Colmesneilcity, 23 mi
- Woodvilletown, 24 mi
- Pinelandcity, 25 mi
- Ivanhoecity, 27 mi
- Warrencommunity, 29 mi
- Zavallacity, 30 mi
- Bunacommunity, 31 mi
Airports near Jasper County Airport Bell Field
- Angelina County AirportLFK, 49 mi
- Beaumont Municipal AirportBMT, 57 mi
- Orange County AirportORG, 58 mi
- A L Mangham Jr. Regional AirportOCH, 62 mi
- Jack Brooks Regional AirportBPT, 65 mi
- Center Municipal AirportF17, 66 mi
- Liberty Municipal AirportT78, 68 mi
- Cleveland Municipal Airport6R3, 68 mi