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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lajitas International Airport, Texas
Small airport in Brewster County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southeast New Mexico and southwest and western Texas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution and keep both hands on the steering wheel. Secure loose objects that could be damaged or blown away by strong winds.
59°
58°/54°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Near gale 38 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Lajitas International Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM (92%).
Now. Lajitas International Airport is 59° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Near gale from the north-northeast at 38 mph, gusting to 60 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 5 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:47 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 day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
90%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
59feels59
92%
38mph
Today
Oct 16
5854
100%
38mph
Sat
Oct 17
5846
27mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6645
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7452
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8057
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8363
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8566
overcast
59°
58°54°
58°46°
66°45°
74°52°
80°57°
83°63°
85°66°
As of 5:00 AM in Lajitas International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Lajitas International Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Big Bend (TX), 31 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 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 Lajitas International Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 10%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lajitas International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- T89
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,630 ft
- Serves
- Lajitas
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- -
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 78° / 258° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Lajitas International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Panther Junction 2 N22016
At a climate reference station/29.7 mi away/3,494 ft/864 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lajitas Co-OpTGAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/2,398 ft/232 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lajitas 1.3 ENETX-BRS-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/2,388 ft/242 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 Lajitas International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Terlinguacommunity, 6 mi
- Study Buttecommunity, 10 mi
- Big Bendfeature, 30 mi
- Redfordcommunity, 33 mi
- Presidiocity, 45 mi
- Marathoncommunity, 69 mi
- Marfacity, 74 mi
- Alpinecity, 75 mi
- Fort Daviscommunity, 91 mi
- Davis Mountainsfeature, 93 mi
- Sandersoncommunity, 98 mi
- Valentinetown, 103 mi
Airports near Lajitas International Airport
- Presidio Lely International AirportPRS, 47 mi
- Alpine Casparis Municipal AirportE38, 76 mi
- Marfa Municipal AirportMRF, 78 mi
- Terrell County Airport6R6, 103 mi
- Fort Stockton Pecos County AirportFST, 122 mi
- Culberson County AirportVHN, 139 mi
- Pecos Municipal AirportPEQ, 146 mi
- Roy Hurd Memorial AirportE01, 166 mi