Temperature
80 F at 10 PM; 94 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 75 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 80F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 94F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 75F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Zapata County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Zapata County, Texas...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong front pushes south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late Friday evening into late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop Friday afternoon with little to no recovery into Saturday morning. Any wildfire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread due to strong winds and lower humidity. A Fire Danger Statement or Red Flag Warning may be needed. The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Fire Weather Watch for breezy winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. * WINDS...Northerly 15-25 mph, gusting as high as 35-45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...as low as 25 to 40 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
80°
97°/75°
Clear·
Feels like 82°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Zapata County Airport until 7 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 85° after 97° today.
Now. Zapata County Airport is 80° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 94°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:43 PM. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 34 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
63%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
80feels82
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9775
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8571
23%
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7557
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7854
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8460
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
9165
13%
Wed
Oct 21
9470
15%
80°
97°75°
85°71°
75°57°
78°54°
84°60°
91°65°
94°70°
As of 10:00 PM in Zapata County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Zapata County Airport
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 40 miles off.
32Good
- Ozone32Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Zapata County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Zapata County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- APY
- ICAO
- KAPY
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 422 ft
- Serves
- Zapata
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- APY
- Wind now
- From 100° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 5,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 6 mph head, on 12 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Zapata (APY), Zapata County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 4 PM to 93% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 25 mph at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 7 AM
- 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 1,600 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Zapata: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Zapata County 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
ZapataAPY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/422 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Falcon Lake RAWSFART2
A remote fire weather station/29.5 mi away/344 ft/78 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Ygnacio 2.3 SETX-ZP-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.7 mi away/329 ft/93 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Falcon Reservoir Nr Falcon HeightsFALT2
At a reservoir/28.7 mi away/279 ft/143 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 Zapata County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Las Palmascommunity, 2 mi
- Medinacommunity, 3 mi
- Zapatacommunity, 4 mi
- Falcon Lake Estatescommunity, 7 mi
- Falcon Mesacommunity, 7 mi
- Siesta Shorescommunity, 8 mi
- Ramirenocommunity, 9 mi
- San Ygnaciocommunity, 13 mi
- Morales-Sanchezcommunity, 15 mi
- Lopeñocommunity, 20 mi
- Guerracommunity, 23 mi
- New Falconcommunity, 25 mi
Airports near Zapata County Airport
- Jim Hogg County AirportHBV, 41 mi
- Laredo International AirportLRD, 42 mi
- Brooks County AirportBKS, 71 mi
- South Texas International at Edinburg AirportEBG, 79 mi
- McAllen Miller International AirportMFE, 83 mi
- Kleberg County AirportIKG, 85 mi
- Alice International AirportALI, 92 mi
- Kingsville Naval Air StationNQI, 96 mi