At an airfield/0.0 mi away/486 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Giddings-Lee County Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 89° today.
Now. Giddings-Lee County Airport is 77° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° 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 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 67°. Rain is likely tomorrow (70%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:24 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Giddings-Lee County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 46 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 174° / 354° | Calm | Calm |
The 3 instruments nearest Giddings-Lee County 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/486 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Giddings 0.5 SWTX-LE-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/485 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Giddings 3ESEGIDT2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/466 ft/19 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.