At an airfield/0.0 mi away/52 ft/46 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Scholes International At Galveston Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Matagorda Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
79°
82°/74°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Scholes International At Galveston Airport until 1 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 82° today.
Now. Scholes International At Galveston Airport is 79° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:11 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 28 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
79%Humidity
53%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
79feels79
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8274
48%
29mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7361
28mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7462
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7766
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
8070
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
8172
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8272
overcast
79°
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As of 1:00 AM in Scholes International At Galveston Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Scholes International At Galveston Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 44 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone31Good34 ppb0.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Scholes International At Galveston Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
Visibility
How far you can see at Scholes International At Galveston Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GLS
- ICAO
- KGLS
- IATA
- GLS
- Field elevation
- 6 ft
- Serves
- Galveston
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GLS
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 140° / 320° | - | - |
| 18 / 36 | 6,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Scholes International At Galveston 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
Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeBZRT2
In a park or preserve/27.4 mi away/16 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 1.8 NETX-GV-107
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/9 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/37.1 mi away/20 ft/14 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 37.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Scholes International At Galveston Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tiki Islandvillage, 4 mi
- Galvestoncity, 5 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 6 mi
- Jamaica Beachcity, 9 mi
- La Marquecity, 10 mi
- Texas Citycity, 10 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 11 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 16 mi
- Santa Fecity, 16 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 18 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 18 mi
- Bolivar Peninsulacommunity, 18 mi
Airports near Scholes International At Galveston Airport
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 29 mi
- Ellington AirportEFD, 30 mi
- La Porte Municipal AirportT41, 30 mi
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU, 36 mi
- Texas Gulf Coast Regional AirportLBX, 38 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 41 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 54 mi
- Liberty Municipal AirportT78, 57 mi