Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for San Saba County Municipal Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 3 AM.
Now. San Saba County Municipal Airport is 66° and light rain at 1 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:21 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 25 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in San Saba County Municipal Airport, Texas.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,206 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | 10 mph head, on 31 | 14 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from San Saba (81R), San Saba County Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.22 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.22 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.22 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
San Saba: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest San Saba County Municipal 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 now2 instruments
San Saba81R
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,243 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San Sabe 8 ESESWCT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/1,506 ft/257 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Saba 1.2 WTX-SS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,253 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Saba 7 NWSNST2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/1,352 ft/103 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.