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Brownwood Regional Airport, Texas

Small airport in Brown County, Texas

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brownwood Regional Airport

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Brownwood Regional Airport, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BWD
ICAO
KBWD
IATA
BWD
Field elevation
1,387 ft
Serves
Brownwood
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
BWD
Wind now
From 40° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 314,608 ft101 ftAsphalt134° / 314°1 mph head, on 3113 mph from the right
17 / 355,599 ft100 ftAsphalt179° / 359°10 mph head, on 359 mph from the right
133117352,000 ftN40° 13 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Brownwood Municipal (BWD), Brownwood Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 9 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
66F
9 PM
Highest
88F
4 PM
Lowest
66F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Brownwood Municipal, temperature from 65.5 to 87.6, the latest 65.5; dew point from 64.7 to 74.3, the latest 64.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 65 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 4 PM to 98% at 7 PM.

Dew point now
65F
9 PM
Humidity now
97%
Humidity, range
55 to 98%
Relative humidity at Brownwood Municipal, relative humidity from 55 to 98, the latest 97, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

11 mph from the east northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 6 PM.

Now
11mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
20mph
6 PM
Highest gust
41mph
6 PM
Wind and Gust at Brownwood Municipal, wind from 6 to 20, the latest 11; gust from 18 to 41, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020304050Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Brownwood Municipal, wind direction from 20 to 350, the latest 60, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.16 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.16inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.13inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.22inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Brownwood Municipal, pressure, altimeter from 29.93 to 30.16, the latest 30.16, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 8 PM; 3 miles now.

Now
3mi
Lowest
2mi
8 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Brownwood Municipal, visibility from 1.8 to 10.0, the latest 2.5, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 6 PM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
700ft
Lowest in 24 hours
600ft
6 PM
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Brownwood Municipal, lowest cloud base from 600 to 7,000, the latest 700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

1.48 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.49 in, in the hour to 8 PM.

Last 24 hours
1.48in
Wettest hour
0.49in
8 PM
Hours with some
4
Precipitation at Brownwood Municipal, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.49, the latest 0.30, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.200.400.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Brownwood Municipal: 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 Brownwood Regional 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

Brownwood MunicipalBWD

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,385 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Brownwood 4 SEBWCT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/1,427 ft/40 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

City Water Treatment PlantBALT2

At a water treatment plant/3.8 mi away/1,352 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Brownwood 6.7 ENETX-BRN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,468 ft/81 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at City Water Treatment Plant (BALT2), 3.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:05. measured daily

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