Temperature
55 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 7 AM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 7 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lamesa Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Dawson 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.
56°
59°/48°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Lamesa Municipal 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. Lamesa Municipal Airport is 56° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:30 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
72%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
56feels56
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5948
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6536
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7343
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7750
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8057
14%
Thu
Oct 22
8260
24%
13mph
56°
59°48°
59°36°
65°36°
73°43°
77°50°
80°57°
82°60°
As of 1:00 AM in Lamesa Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Lamesa Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 54 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lamesa Municipal Airport
0.66 in in the last 24 hours, 2.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.66in
- Last 3 days
- 2.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 32%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lamesa Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LUV
- ICAO
- KLUV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,999 ft
- Serves
- Lamesa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LUV
- Wind now
- From 30° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | 12 mph head, on 34 | 11 mph from the right |
| 7 / 25 | 4,006 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 76° / 256° | 11 mph head, on 7 | 12 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lamesa (LUV), Lamesa Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 8 PM Thursday to 98% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.72 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.57 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.72in
- Wettest hour
- 0.57in
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lamesa: 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 Lamesa Municipal 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
measured daily2 instruments
Gail Co-OpGAAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/27.6 mi away/2,530 ft/469 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Brownfield 2.8 SETX-TE-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.8 mi away/3,272 ft/273 ft above 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 Lamesa Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Lamesa Municipal Airport
- Gaines County AirportGNC, 43 mi
- Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle AirportBPG, 44 mi
- Andrews County AirportE11, 46 mi
- Midland AirparkMDD, 51 mi
- Denver City AirportE57, 56 mi
- Winston FieldSNK, 57 mi
- Midland International Air and Space PortMAF, 59 mi
- Levelland Municipal AirportLLN, 61 mi