Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for East Texas Regional 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. East Texas Regional Airport is 71° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 52): 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 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in East Texas Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 34 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
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; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 6,110 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Longview/Gregg Co. (GGG), East Texas Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 10 PM Thursday; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the north at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 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 100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 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
Longview/Gregg Co.: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest East Texas Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/407 ft/42 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/16.9 mi away/518 ft/153 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Longview 10.4 STX-RS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/365 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Longview 11SEGGGT2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/394 ft/29 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Longview 11SE (GGGT2), 4.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.