Temperature
57 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Wilbarger County Airport is 57° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:14 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Wilbarger County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 55 miles off.
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
3.00 in in the last 24 hours, 7.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,099 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 13 mph head, on 02 | 8 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 4,304 ft | 80 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 15 mph head, on 34 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Vernon (F05), Wilbarger County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 50 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 12 AM to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.47 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Vernon: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Wilbarger County 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 now3 instruments
VernonF05
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,266 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Vernon 9S - SCANVNOT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.6 mi away/1,184 ft/81 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
VernonS2202
At a soil climate station/14.6 mi away/1,184 ft/81 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Vernon 0.8 NETX-WG-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,224 ft/41 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
VernonVNNT2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/1,237 ft/28 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.