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Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) (NIP/KNIP)

Jacksonville3 m

26.7°CTemperature60° · 6 ktWind10+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
26.7°C
Dew point
24.4°C
Wind
60° · 6 kt
Visibility
10+ mi
Altimeter
30.08 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
101°
Headwind
5 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
4 kt
From the left

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
16,000 ftBKN
SCT5,000 ft AGL
BKN16,000 ft AGL

METAR

Aug 31, 2026, 2:53 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Aug 31, 2026, 2:53 AM (UTC)
wind
60° · 6 kt
visibility
10 SM
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 5,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 16,000 ft AGL
temperature
27 °C
dew point
24 °C
altimeter setting
30.08 inHg
Sea-level pressure
1,018 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
AO2
Supplementary code
SLP180
Supplementary code
T02670244
Supplementary code
50006

TAF

Aug 30, 2026, 11:00 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Aug 30, 2026, 11:00 PM (UTC) – Aug 31, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC)
wind
90° · 10 kt
visibility
>10 km
weather
in the vicinity · showers
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 1,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · becoming

Validity
Aug 31, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC) – Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 4 kt
visibility
>10 km
weather
NSW
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 5,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 9,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · becoming

Validity
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC) – Aug 31, 2026, 11:00 PM (UTC)
wind
60° · 8 kt
visibility
>10 km
weather
in the vicinity · showers
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 3,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 8,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 4 · temporary conditions

Validity
Aug 30, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC) – Aug 31, 2026, 11:00 PM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 15 kt · gusting to 30 kt
visibility
3.2 km
weather
thunderstorm · rain
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 2,000 ft AGL · CB · cumulonimbus BKN · broken cloud layer · 4,000 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

TEMPO
Aug 30, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · 15 kt
1.99 mi · TSRA
BECMG
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
60° · 8 kt
6+ mi · VCSH
BECMG
Aug 31, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC)
VRB° · 4 kt
6+ mi · NSW
BASE
Aug 30, 2026, 11:00 PM (UTC)
90° · 10 kt
6+ mi · VCSH

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Aug 31, 2026, 2:53 AM (UTC)VFR26.7°C6 kt10+ mi

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