Temperature
70 F at 8 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 70 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 70F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 70F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 85° today.
Now. North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field is 71° and light rain at 8 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:11 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field, Texas.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Ardmore (OK), 49 miles off.
Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18L / 36R | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 182° / 2° | 8 mph head, on 36R | None |
| 18R / 36L unlit | 4,008 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | 8 mph head, on 36L | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Sherman/Denison (GYI), North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 8 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 70 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 2 PM to 97% at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.60 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.25 in, in the hour to 8 PM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sherman/Denison: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field, 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/748 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/643 ft/106 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sherman 9.0 NNWTX-GA-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/707 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dept Public WorksSHET2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/876 ft/127 ft above 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.