Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gatesville Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Coryell County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, and south central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM early this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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.
70°
65°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Gatesville Municipal Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gatesville Municipal Airport is 70° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:17 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.
0UV Low
37Air quality
94%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
14%
Today
Oct 16
6557
71%
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6546
13mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7042
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7446
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7952
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8357
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8660
overcast
70°
65°57°
65°46°
70°42°
74°46°
79°52°
83°57°
86°60°
As of 1:00 AM in Gatesville Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Gatesville Municipal Airport
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 41 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone32Good30 ppb24 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gatesville Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Gatesville Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GOP
- ICAO
- KGOP
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 905 ft
- Serves
- Gatesville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GOP
- Wind now
- From 360° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,400 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Gatesville (GOP), Gatesville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- 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 1,100 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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
Gatesville: 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 Gatesville 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
GatesvilleGOP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/906 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McgregorMEGT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.8 mi away/719 ft/186 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Valley Mills 12.3 WSWTX-CRL-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/994 ft/89 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CrawfordCWFT2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.8 mi away/722 ft/183 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 Gatesville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gatesvillecity, 5 mi
- South Mountaintown, 7 mi
- Moundcommunity, 10 mi
- Flatcommunity, 12 mi
- Oglesbycity, 17 mi
- Mosheimcommunity, 18 mi
- Fort Hoodcommunity, 20 mi
- Evanttown, 21 mi
- Copperas Covecity, 22 mi
- Crawfordtown, 22 mi
- McGregorcity, 23 mi
- Killeencity, 23 mi
Airports near Gatesville Municipal Airport
- Skylark FieldILE, 24 mi
- Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army AirfieldGRK, 25 mi
- Hamilton Municipal AirportMNZ, 27 mi
- McGregor Executive AirportPWG, 29 mi
- Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional AirportTPL, 30 mi
- Lampasas AirportLZZ, 32 mi
- Waco Regional AirportACT, 36 mi
- TSTC Waco AirportCNW, 45 mi