Temperature
77 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 68F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Brazoria County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM Friday to 1 AM 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.
76°
88°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport until 1 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport is 76° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. Rain is possible tomorrow (41%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
79%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8870
35%
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8267
41%
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7155
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7452
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7956
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8461
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8662
overcast
76°
88°70°
82°67°
71°55°
74°52°
79°56°
84°61°
86°62°
As of 10:00 PM in Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 45 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
- Ozone44Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LBX
- ICAO
- KLBX
- IATA
- LJN
- Field elevation
- 25 ft
- Serves
- Angleton
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LBX
- Wind now
- From 90° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 7,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 0 mph head, on 17 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Angleton/Lake Jacks (LBX), Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 2 PM to 100% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 AM
- 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 2,900 ft at 10 PM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 10 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Angleton/Lake Jacks: 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/26 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeBZRT2
In a park or preserve/10.5 mi away/16 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Jackson 2.3 NWTX-BRZ-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/22 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/20 ft/5 ft below 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), 9.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bailey's Prairievillage, 3 mi
- Richwoodcity, 4 mi
- Lake Jacksoncity, 5 mi
- Angletoncity, 5 mi
- Clutecity, 7 mi
- Holiday Lakestown, 8 mi
- Brazoriacity, 8 mi
- Jones Creekvillage, 9 mi
- East Columbiacommunity, 9 mi
- Wild Peach Villagecommunity, 10 mi
- Danburycity, 11 mi
- Oyster Creekcity, 11 mi
Airports near Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport
- Bay City Regional AirportBYY, 26 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 27 mi
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 31 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 37 mi
- Scholes International At Galveston AirportGLS, 38 mi
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU, 39 mi
- Ellington AirportEFD, 39 mi
- Wharton Regional AirportARM, 43 mi