Temperature
59 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 59F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 77° today.
Now. Halliburton Field is 60° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Halliburton Field, Oklahoma.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 32 miles off.
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
2.70 in in the last 24 hours, 2.90 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 6,650 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 20 mph head, on 35 | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Halliburton Field Airport/Duncan (DUC), Halliburton Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
59 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 54 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 10 PM to 100% at 12 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
20 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.25 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.85 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.67 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Halliburton Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Halliburton Field Airport/DuncanDUC
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,112 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaver Creek at Waurika LakeWRLO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.2 mi away/961 ft/153 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Duncan 2.5 SOK-ST-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,111 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DuncanDNCO2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/1,142 ft/28 ft above 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.