Temperature
70 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield, Texas
Medium airport in Bell 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°
67°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield is 70° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
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. 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 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:18 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
83%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
70feels70
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6759
59%
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6647
15mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7144
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7548
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7954
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8459
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8661
overcast
70°
67°59°
66°47°
71°44°
75°48°
79°54°
84°59°
86°61°
As of 2:00 AM in Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 53 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone32Good30 ppb9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GRK
- ICAO
- KGRK
- IATA
- GRK
- Field elevation
- 1,015 ft
- Serves
- Fort Cavazos
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GRK
- Wind now
- From 360° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 9,997 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 157° / 337° | 16 mph head, on 33 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Hood/Gray AAF (GRK), Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 5 PM Thursday to 94% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.19inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 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 700 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 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
Fort Hood/Gray AAF: 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 Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,014 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Austin 33 NW23907
At a climate reference station/34.3 mi away/1,361 ft/346 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Killeen 4.4 SWTX-BEL-117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/931 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KilleenKIET2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/810 ft/205 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 Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Hoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Killeencity, 6 mi
- Copperas Covecity, 6 mi
- Kempnercity, 9 mi
- Harker Heightscity, 10 mi
- Nolanvillecity, 13 mi
- Briggscommunity, 14 mi
- Florencecity, 16 mi
- Saladovillage, 20 mi
- Flatcommunity, 21 mi
- Lampasascity, 21 mi
- Jarrellcity, 21 mi
Airports near Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield
- Skylark FieldILE, 9 mi
- Lampasas AirportLZZ, 22 mi
- Gatesville Municipal AirportGOP, 25 mi
- Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional AirportTPL, 26 mi
- Georgetown Executive Airport at Johnny Gantt FieldGTU, 28 mi
- Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock FieldBMQ, 33 mi
- Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen AirportRYW, 40 mi
- Taylor Municipal AirportT74, 41 mi