Temperature
78 F at 10 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 78F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 93F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 76F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cotulla-La Salle County Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 77° after 95° today.
Now. Cotulla-La Salle County Airport is 81° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 92°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 31 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Cotulla-La Salle County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 68 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,005 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 12 mph head, on 13 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Cotulla Municipal (COT), Cotulla-La Salle County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
78 F at 10 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 4 PM to 86% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.00 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 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 1,700 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 16 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
Cotulla Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Cotulla-La Salle County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/472 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pearsall RAWSPSAT2
A remote fire weather station/30.3 mi away/596 ft/122 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cotulla 1.6 NETX-LS-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/469 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Los AngelesLANT2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/427 ft/47 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.