Temperature
63 F at 10 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 63 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 63F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 63F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Wise County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...North and Central Texas * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * 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.
63°
86°/71°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Decatur Municipal Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (84%).
Now. Decatur Municipal Airport is 63° and light drizzle at 10 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 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 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (74%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 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. 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.
0UV Low
45Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
63feels63
84%
13mph
Today
Oct 15
8671
91%
18mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
6154
74%
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6243
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6741
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7346
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7752
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8258
overcast
63°
86°71°
61°54°
62°43°
67°41°
73°46°
77°52°
82°58°
As of 10:00 PM in Decatur Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Decatur Municipal Airport
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 57 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
- Ozone42Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Decatur Municipal Airport
0.64 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.64in
- Last 3 days
- 0.64in
Visibility
How far you can see at Decatur Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LUD
- ICAO
- KLUD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,047 ft
- Serves
- Decatur
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LUD
- Wind now
- From 340° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,200 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | 13 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Decatur (LUD), Decatur Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM to 100% at 10 PM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 6 PM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.19 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.19inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 PM
- 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 400 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.61 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.36 in, in the hour to 7 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.61in
- Wettest hour
- 0.36in
- 7 PM
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Decatur: 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 Decatur 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
DecaturLUD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,047 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lbj GrasslandsLBJT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/951 ft/96 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Decatur 1.3 NWTX-WS-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/920 ft/127 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Runaway BayRNAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/912 ft/135 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 Decatur Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Decaturcity, 2 mi
- Paradisecity, 10 mi
- Alvordtown, 10 mi
- Bridgeportcity, 10 mi
- New Fairviewcity, 12 mi
- Boydtown, 12 mi
- Chicocity, 13 mi
- Auroracity, 14 mi
- Lake Bridgeportcity, 15 mi
- Rhomecity, 15 mi
- Sunsetcommunity, 17 mi
- Pondertown, 18 mi
Airports near Decatur Municipal Airport
- Bridgeport Municipal AirportXBP, 15 mi
- Denton Enterprise AirportDTO, 22 mi
- Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance AirportAFW, 24 mi
- Bowie Municipal Airport0F2, 26 mi
- Fort Worth Meacham International AirportFTW, 33 mi
- NAS Fort Worth JRB / Carswell FieldNFW, 34 mi
- Gainesville Municipal AirportGLE, 35 mi
- Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDFW, 40 mi