Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Coulter Field until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Coulter Field is 75° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:13 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Coulter Field, Texas.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 75 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 1,330 ft | 40 ft | Grass | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Brazos (CFD), Coulter Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 10 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM Thursday to 99% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 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
Brazos: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Coulter 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 now2 instruments
BrazosCFD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/336 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Yegua Creek AT Lake SomervilleSOMT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.1 mi away/226 ft/141 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bryan 2.8 NETX-BZS-130
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/328 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
State ParkWAST2
In a park or preserve/28.5 mi away/194 ft/173 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.