Gulf ShoresJKA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/16 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jack Edwards National Airport, Alabama
Small airport in Baldwin County, Alabama* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
79°
87°/75°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Alert. A Rip Current Statement is in force for Jack Edwards National Airport until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jack Edwards National Airport is 79° and mostly clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 82°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (56%), Friday (75%), Saturday (80%), Sunday (87%) and Monday (58%). Thunderstorms is possible Tuesday (43%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 9:05 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 55 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
77%Humidity
12%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
79feels79
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 30
8775
19%
15mph
Thu
Oct 1
8775
56%
15mph
Fri
Oct 2
8573
75%
15mph
Sat
Oct 3
8672
80%
Sun
Oct 4
8469
87%
Mon
Oct 5
8367
58%
Tue
Oct 6
8265
43%
15mph
79°
87°75°
87°75°
85°73°
86°72°
84°69°
83°67°
82°65°
As of 9:00 AM in Jack Edwards National Airport, Alabama.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JKA
- ICAO
- KJKA
- IATA
- GUF
- Field elevation
- 17 ft
- Serves
- Gulf Shores
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JKA
- Wind now
- From 80° at 8 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:59
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,962 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 8 mph head, on 09 | 1 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 3,596 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | 1 mph head, on 35 | 8 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jack Edwards National Airport, 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 now4 instruments
Gasque/Bonsecour WmaBONA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/6 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Koptis FarmsS2180
At a soil climate station/16.2 mi away/135 ft/118 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/95 ft/78 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gulf Shores 2.6 NNEAL-BW-105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/30 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/7 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Jack Edwards National Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gulf Shorestown, 2 mi
- Bon Secourcommunity, 4 mi
- Orange Beachcity, 6 mi
- Foleycity, 7 mi
- Elbertatown, 9 mi
- Magnolia Springstown, 10 mi
- Perdido Beachtown, 11 mi
- Summerdaletown, 14 mi
- Lilliancommunity, 16 mi
- Silverhilltown, 18 mi
- Robertsdalecity, 18 mi
- Point Clearcommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Jack Edwards National Airport
- Naval Outlying Field BarinNBJ, 7 mi
- H L Sonny Callahan AirportCQF, 17 mi
- Mobile Downtown AirportBFM, 33 mi
- Bay Minette Municipal Airport1R8, 41 mi
- Mobile Regional AirportMOB, 44 mi
- Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton FieldGZH, 86 mi
- Florala Municipal Airport0J4, 96 mi
- South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport79J, 103 mi