Ojo De AguaTCEQ-1021
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/4,111 ft/391 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Franklin Mountains State Park, Texas
State Park in El Paso County, TexasHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust possible. * WHERE...Far West Texas and Otero Mesa. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until noon MDT Friday. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
68°
77°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Fresh breeze 20 mph ENE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Franklin Mountains State Park until 12 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 77° today.
Now. Franklin Mountains State Park is 68° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 73): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 62°. Rain is possible Wednesday (39%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 31 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 26 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
73Air quality
26%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
68feels68
20mph
Today
Oct 15
7754
30mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6352
31mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6242
14mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7043
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7753
10%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8158
19%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8159
39%
UV 6
68°
77°54°
63°52°
62°42°
70°43°
77°53°
81°58°
81°59°
As of 8:00 PM in Franklin Mountains State Park, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Franklin Mountains State Park
Index 73, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Dona Ana County (NM), 6 miles off.
73Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate7.6 mi
- Ozone42Good42 ppb6.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)73Moderate8.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb8.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 14
- 48TodayOct 15
- 45FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Franklin Mountains State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. 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 Franklin Mountains State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 43 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 4,502 ft
- County
- El Paso County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 31.9139° N
- Longitude
- 106.5343° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Franklin Mountains State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW5426FW5426
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/3,943 ft/559 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort BlissBIF
At an airfield/10.1 mi away/3,947 ft/555 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
El Paso 9.2 WNWTX-EP-121
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3,959 ft/543 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Franklin Mountains State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Canutillocommunity, 4 mi
- Westwaycommunity, 4 mi
- Vintonvillage, 5 mi
- Prado Verdecommunity, 5 mi
- Anthonytown, 7 mi
- Fort Blisscommunity, 10 mi
- El Pasocity, 11 mi
- Homestead Meadows Northcommunity, 22 mi
- Homestead Meadows Southcommunity, 23 mi
- Socorrocity, 24 mi
- Sparkscommunity, 24 mi
- Horizon Citycity, 26 mi
Parks near Franklin Mountains State Park
- Chamizal National Memorial11 mi
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park96 mi
- Fort Davis National Historic Site180 mi
- Blackwell School National Historic Site186 mi
- Bush Family Home State Historic Site260 mi
- Big Bend National Park268 mi
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River278 mi
- Fort Lancaster State Historic Site298 mi