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Fort Bliss, Texas

Community in El Paso County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Fort Bliss

Index 126, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, El Paso (TX), 3 miles off.

126Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)92Moderate3.7 mi
  • Ozone32Good39 ppb3.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)126Unhealthy for sensitive groups9.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb9.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 85, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Bliss

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Bliss, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

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On the radar over Fort Bliss, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Bliss, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

El Paso 2.9 SSWTX-EP-166

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/4,072 ft/184 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TornilloTLLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/33.5 mi away/3,567 ft/321 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at El Paso INTL Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from Fort Bliss, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 9,500 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 25,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over El Paso INTL Arpt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELPFIG. A THE SKY OVER EL PASO INTL ARPTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 9,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 25,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEEl Paso INTL Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at El Paso INTL Arpt: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELPFIG. B THE AIR AT EL PASO INTL ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEEl Paso INTL Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 53 mph.

Plan of the wind at El Paso INTL Arpt, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELPFIG. C THE WIND AT EL PASO INTL ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEl Paso INTL Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of El Paso INTL Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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