Temperature
70 F at 7 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Robert R Wells Jr Airport, Texas
Small airport in Colorado County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas. * WHEN...From 7 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
70°
74°/66°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Robert R Wells Jr Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Robert R Wells Jr Airport is 70° and partly cloudy at 7 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
84%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
70feels70
14mph
Today
Oct 16
7466
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7151
18mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7951
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8556
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8859
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
9059
overcast
70°
74°66°
71°51°
74°48°
79°51°
85°56°
88°59°
90°59°
As of 7:00 AM in Robert R Wells Jr Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Robert R Wells Jr Airport
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 63 miles off.
21Good
- Ozone21Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Robert R Wells Jr Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Robert R Wells Jr Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 66R
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 242 ft
- Serves
- Columbus
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 66R
- Wind now
- From 350° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,800 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Columbus (66R), Robert R Wells Jr Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north at 7 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.12inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,700 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Columbus: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Robert R Wells Jr 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 now1 instrument
Columbus66R
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/244 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus 4.0 SSETX-CLR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/206 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Colorado River At ColumbusCBST2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/187 ft/55 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Robert R Wells Jr Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Columbuscity, 5 mi
- Gliddencommunity, 6 mi
- Rock Islandcommunity, 8 mi
- Eagle Lakecity, 12 mi
- Sheridancommunity, 14 mi
- Garwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Weimarcity, 16 mi
- New Ulmcommunity, 17 mi
- Ellingercity, 18 mi
- Nadacommunity, 18 mi
- Fayettevillecity, 21 mi
- Industrycity, 23 mi
Airports near Robert R Wells Jr Airport
- Eagle Lake AirportELA, 12 mi
- Fayette Regional Air Center Airport3T5, 32 mi
- Wharton Regional AirportARM, 34 mi
- Houston Executive AirportTME, 39 mi
- Brenham Municipal Airport11R, 41 mi
- Giddings-Lee County AirportGYB, 46 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 52 mi
- Navasota Municipal Airport60R, 56 mi