Temperature
72 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) is 71° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field), Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 65 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,602 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 1 mph head, on 04 | 7 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,200 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 7 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Texarkana Rgnl/Webb (TXK), Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 3 PM Thursday to 90% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,000 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Texarkana Rgnl/Webb: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field), 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/390 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-30 Red RiverARD04
Beside a road/14.5 mi away/266 ft/124 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Texarkana 3.1 NEAR-ML-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/296 ft/94 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ashdown 4SSEASHA4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/344 ft/46 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.