Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 74 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 74F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Cameron County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong cold front will push south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley today, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late this evening through late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop this 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 Red Flag Warning is in effect. * WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 24 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
75°
91°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Calm 0 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport until 7 AM 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 16 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 91° today.
Now. Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport is 75° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. Rain is possible Tuesday (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:31 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9174
33%
30mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7561
15%
26mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
8062
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8566
10%
Tue
Oct 20
8871
31%
Wed
Oct 21
9074
27%
Thu
Oct 22
9074
10%
75°
91°74°
75°61°
80°62°
85°66°
88°71°
90°74°
90°74°
As of 2:00 AM in Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 25 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone29Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BRO
- ICAO
- KBRO
- IATA
- BRO
- Field elevation
- 22 ft
- Serves
- Brownsville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BRO
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 7,399 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Brownsville INTL (BRO), Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 1 PM Thursday to 84% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
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 3,200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Brownsville INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/20 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Laguna Atascosa RAWSATRT2
A remote fire weather station/22.7 mi away/43 ft/21 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/37.3 mi away/57 ft/35 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Brownsville WFOBWNT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/35 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Brownsville 4.8 ETX-CMR-83
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/22 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Reid Hope Kingcommunity, 1 mi
- Villa Panchocommunity, 2 mi
- South Pointcommunity, 3 mi
- Brownsvillecity, 5 mi
- Cameron Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Olmitocommunity, 10 mi
- Del Mar Heightscommunity, 11 mi
- Chula Vistacommunity, 12 mi
- Orasoncommunity, 12 mi
- San Pedrocommunity, 12 mi
- Los Fresnoscity, 12 mi
- Rancho Viejotown, 12 mi
Airports near Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
- Port Isabel Cameron County AirportPIL, 19 mi
- Valley International AirportHRL, 26 mi
- Mid Valley International AirportTXW, 39 mi
- McAllen Miller International AirportMFE, 54 mi
- South Texas International at Edinburg AirportEBG, 57 mi
- Brooks County AirportBKS, 100 mi
- Kingsville Naval Air StationNQI, 113 mi
- Kleberg County AirportIKG, 120 mi