Temperature
73 F at 5 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Medium airport in Bexar County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...All of South Central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
73°
72°/65°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 73°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Lackland Air Force Base until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lackland Air Force Base is 73° and partly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 64° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 6 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 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
73%Humidity
49%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
73feels73
15mph
Today
Oct 16
7265
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7052
22mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7351
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7854
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8460
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8763
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8964
overcast
73°
72°65°
70°52°
73°51°
78°54°
84°60°
87°63°
89°64°
As of 5:00 AM in Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Lackland Air Force Base
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 6 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone27Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lackland Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Lackland Air Force Base, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SKF
- ICAO
- KSKF
- IATA
- SKF
- Field elevation
- 691 ft
- Serves
- San Antonio
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SKF
- Wind now
- From 350° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 11,550 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 162° / 342° | 14 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kelly AFB (SKF), Lackland Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 4 PM Thursday to 83% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 83%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 12 PM 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 1,700 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Kelly AFB: 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 Lackland Air Force Base, 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
Kelly AFBSKF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/689 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Guadalupe River State ParkGUPT2
In a park or preserve/33.1 mi away/1,289 ft/598 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lackland AFB 1.5 ESETX-BXR-634
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/724 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PoteetPOTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/23.9 mi away/463 ft/228 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 Lackland Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lackland AFBcommunity, 3 mi
- San Antoniocity, 6 mi
- Balcones Heightscity, 8 mi
- Macdonacommunity, 8 mi
- Leon Valleycity, 8 mi
- Olmos Parkcity, 8 mi
- Von Ormycity, 9 mi
- Alamo Heightscity, 10 mi
- Castle Hillscity, 10 mi
- Terrell Hillscity, 10 mi
- Somersetcity, 12 mi
- Kirbycity, 13 mi
Airports near Lackland Air Force Base
- Stinson Municipal AirportSSF, 7 mi
- San Antonio International AirportSAT, 12 mi
- Castroville Municipal AirportCVB, 17 mi
- Randolph Air Force BaseRND, 21 mi
- Boerne Stage Field5C1, 24 mi
- Pleasanton Municipal AirportPEZ, 30 mi
- South Texas Regional Airport at HondoHDO, 36 mi
- New Braunfels National AirportBAZ, 39 mi