Temperature
56 F at 4 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Avenger Field, Texas
Small airport in Nolan County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Across West Central Texas. * WHEN...From 1 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.
A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 to 39 mph with higher gusts are occurring or expected. Winds this strong can knock down tree limbs and make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Secure loose outdoor objects. Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
56°
60°/51°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 56°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Avenger Field until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Avenger Field is 56° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:25 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
-Air quality
72%Humidity
82%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
56feels56
19mph
Today
Oct 16
6051
29mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6139
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7547
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7953
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8361
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8564
overcast
56°
60°51°
61°39°
68°39°
75°47°
79°53°
83°61°
85°64°
As of 4:00 AM in Avenger Field, Texas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Avenger Field
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Last 3 days
- 1.85in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 29%
Visibility
How far you can see at Avenger Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SWW
- ICAO
- KSWW
- IATA
- SWW
- Field elevation
- 2,380 ft
- Serves
- Sweetwater
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SWW
- Wind now
- From 10° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,658 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 15 mph head, on 04 | 10 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,840 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 174° / 354° | 17 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sweetwater/Avenger Field Airport (SWW), Avenger Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.45 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.45inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 2 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,400ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
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 5 instruments nearest Avenger 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
Sweetwater/Avenger Field AirportSWW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,385 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bronte 11NNEBRQT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.1 mi away/1,982 ft/398 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bronte 11 NNE03072
At a climate reference station/32.4 mi away/1,997 ft/383 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
RoscoeRSCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/2,387 ft/7 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Roscoe 3.5 WNWTX-NL-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/2,377 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Roscoe (RSCT2), 3.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Avenger Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Avenger Field
- Winston FieldSNK, 32 mi
- Dyess Air Force BaseDYS, 36 mi
- Abilene Regional AirportABI, 46 mi
- Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle AirportBPG, 64 mi
- Coleman Municipal AirportCOM, 76 mi
- San Angelo Regional Mathis FieldSJT, 77 mi
- Gregory M. Simmons Memorial AirportGZN, 84 mi
- Lamesa Municipal AirportLUV, 87 mi