Temperature
69 F at 7 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 69F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 79F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 69F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Jack Brooks Regional Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 83° today.
Now. Jack Brooks Regional Airport is 69° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:05 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Jack Brooks Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 10 miles off.
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 6,751 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 121° / 301° | 8 mph head, on 30 | 14 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,071 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 166° / 346° | 16 mph head, on 34 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Beaumont - Port Arthur (BPT), Jack Brooks Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 7 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 42 F, the air 37% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 7 PM to 99% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
20 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.22 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 21 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 Jack Brooks Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/15 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Neches River 5 N Neches River Saltwater BarrierNSBT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/39 ft/24 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
BeaumontS2207
At a soil climate station/18.2 mi away/19 ft/4 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Nederland 1.8 WTX-JJ-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/17 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CityPTHT2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/13 ft/2 ft below 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.