Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field is 71° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 11 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 56° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field, Texas.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 44 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | 15 mph head, on 01 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Burnet Municipal/Kate Craddock (BMQ), Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 9 PM Thursday; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 5 PM Thursday to 90% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 12 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 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
The 5 instruments nearest Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock 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 now3 instruments
Burnet Municipal/Kate CraddockBMQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,276 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Burnet 1WSWBUTT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/1,309 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Austin 33 NW23907
At a climate reference station/12.5 mi away/1,361 ft/77 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
BurnetBURT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,270 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Burnet 2.6 SWTX-BRT-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,269 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.