Storm Station

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas

Medium airport in Wichita County, Texas
78° 87°/69°
Rain· Feels like 78°·Moderate breeze 19 mph SSE

Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 78° and rain at 2 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Saturday, near 77°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%). Rain is possible Friday (33%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:20 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 9:38 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 53 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV
-Air quality
85%Humidity
87%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
78feels78
19mph
now, rain
Today
Sep 30
8769
95%
21mph
thunderstorm
Thu
Oct 1
8565
80%
12mph
showers
Fri
Oct 2
7860
33%
15mph
showers light
Sat
Oct 3
7761
23%
showers light
Sun
Oct 4
8059
15%
14mph
showers light
Mon
Oct 5
8156
clear day
Tue
Oct 6
8358
clear day
78°
87°69°
85°65°
78°60°
77°61°
80°59°
81°56°
83°58°

As of 9:00 AM in Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

Airfield

Code
SPS
ICAO
KSPS
IATA
SPS
Field elevation
1,019 ft
Serves
Wichita Falls
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
SPS
Wind now
From 160° at 18 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:52

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15C / 33C10,003 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete158° / 338°18 mph head, on 15C1 mph from the right
15L / 33R6,000 ft150 ftAsphalt and concrete158° / 338°18 mph head, on 15L1 mph from the right
15R / 33L13,100 ft300 ftConcrete158° / 338°18 mph head, on 15R1 mph from the right
17 / 357,021 ft150 ftAsphalt181° / 1°17 mph head, on 176 mph from the left
15C33C15L33R15R33L17355,000 ftN160° 18 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Wichita Falls/ShepSPS

At an airfield/0.7 mi away/1,030 ft/11 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Sheppard AFB 1.0 SSWTX-WT-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,003 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ScotlandSCOT2

At a cooperative observer's station/22.5 mi away/965 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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