Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Easterwood Field until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Easterwood Field is 78° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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 51): 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 Easterwood Field, Texas.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bryan-College Station (TX), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 5,158 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | 4 mph head, on 11 | 3 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 7,000 ft | 146 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 169° / 349° | 1 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from College Station (CLL), Easterwood Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
79 F at 10 PM Thursday; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the east northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 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
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 10 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
College Station: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Easterwood 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/322 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Yegua Creek AT Lake SomervilleSOMT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.3 mi away/226 ft/94 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
College Station 4.5 SWTX-BZS-100
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/272 ft/48 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Somerville LakeSOMT2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.3 mi away/226 ft/94 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.