Temperature
57 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 7 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 7 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Texas
Small airport in Ector 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°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Odessa Schlemeyer Field 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. Odessa Schlemeyer Field is 57° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 24 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Thursday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:34 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
64%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
57feels57
24mph
Today
Oct 16
5952
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5840
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6440
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7247
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7753
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
8060
10%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
8163
22%
20mph
57°
59°52°
58°40°
64°40°
72°47°
77°53°
80°60°
81°63°
As of 2:00 AM in Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Odessa Schlemeyer Field
Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 19 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Odessa Schlemeyer Field
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 6%
Visibility
How far you can see at Odessa Schlemeyer Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ODO
- ICAO
- KODO
- IATA
- ODT
- Field elevation
- 3,004 ft
- Serves
- Odessa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ODO
- Wind now
- From 20° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,703 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | 24 mph head, on 02 | 4 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 unlit | 6,200 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | 3 mph head, on 29 | 24 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,003 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 20 mph head, on 34 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02) (ODO), Odessa Schlemeyer Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 12 PM Thursday to 90% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 64%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north northeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 43 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.44 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.44inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 10 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 600 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Odessa Schlemeyer 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 now3 instruments
Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02)ODO
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,002 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Midland RAWSMNDT2
A remote fire weather station/11.7 mi away/2,867 ft/137 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monahans 6 ENE03047
At a climate reference station/31.9 mi away/2,724 ft/280 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Odessa 6.0 NNWTX-EC-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3,005 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Odessa Co-OpODET2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/2,969 ft/35 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 Odessa Schlemeyer Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Odessacity, 3 mi
- Gardendalecommunity, 7 mi
- West Odessacommunity, 8 mi
- Goldsmithcity, 14 mi
- Midlandcity, 19 mi
- McKinney Acrescommunity, 28 mi
- Andrewscity, 30 mi
- Cranecity, 37 mi
- Monahanscity, 37 mi
- Stantoncity, 38 mi
- Thorntonvilletown, 39 mi
- Southwest Sandhillcommunity, 40 mi
Airports near Odessa Schlemeyer Field
- Midland International Air and Space PortMAF, 11 mi
- Midland AirparkMDD, 19 mi
- Andrews County AirportE11, 30 mi
- Roy Hurd Memorial AirportE01, 39 mi
- Winkler County AirportINK, 49 mi
- Gaines County AirportGNC, 54 mi
- Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle AirportBPG, 55 mi
- Lamesa Municipal AirportLUV, 64 mi