Temperature
74 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 71 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 71F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Rockwall Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Rockwall County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...North and Central Texas * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to 30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the strong winds.
73°
90°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Rockwall Municipal Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 90° today.
Now. Rockwall Municipal Airport is 73° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the north at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
45Air quality
72%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9070
20%
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6656
50%
28mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6746
14mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7043
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7647
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8052
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8457
overcast
73°
90°70°
66°56°
67°46°
70°43°
76°47°
80°52°
84°57°
As of 10:00 PM in Rockwall Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Rockwall Municipal Airport
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 23 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
- Ozone42Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rockwall Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Rockwall Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- F46
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 574 ft
- Serves
- Rockwall
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- F46
- Wind now
- From 20° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 3,373 ft | 45 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | 6 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rockwall (F46), Rockwall Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 3 PM to 100% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 9 PM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rockwall: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Rockwall 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
RockwallF46
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/585 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER 3 W Lake LavonLVNT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/482 ft/92 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rockwall 1.8 SWTX-RK-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/445 ft/129 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lavon ReservoirLVNT2
At a reservoir/7.5 mi away/482 ft/92 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rockwall Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rockwallcity, 1 mi
- Mobile Citycity, 2 mi
- Fatecity, 3 mi
- McLendon-Chisholmcity, 6 mi
- Heathcity, 6 mi
- Rowlettcity, 6 mi
- Lavoncity, 6 mi
- Royse Citycity, 7 mi
- Nevadacity, 8 mi
- Wyliecity, 9 mi
- Sachsecity, 9 mi
- Travis Ranchcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Rockwall Municipal Airport
- Mesquite Metro AirportHQZ, 14 mi
- Terrell Municipal AirportTRL, 18 mi
- McKinney National AirportTKI, 19 mi
- Addison AirportADS, 23 mi
- Majors AirportGVT, 23 mi
- Dallas Love FieldDAL, 25 mi
- Lancaster AirportLNC, 29 mi
- Dallas Executive AirportRBD, 30 mi