Temperature
72 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Center Municipal Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Center Municipal Airport is 71° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Center Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 54 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Center (F17), Center Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.03 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 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 14 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
Center: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Center Municipal 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
CenterF17
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/312 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sabine North RAWSDRKT2
A remote fire weather station/17.0 mi away/305 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
CenterCENT2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/331 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Center 0.6 NWTX-SL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/400 ft/81 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.