Temperature
78 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 78F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Pearland Regional Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 81° today.
Now. Pearland Regional Airport is 77° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Pearland Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 17 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,313 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 6 mph head, on 14 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Pearland Regional (LVJ), Pearland Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
78 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 71 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 1 PM Thursday to 90% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,100 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pearland Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Pearland Regional Airport, 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/43 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Brazos River 7.3 W RosharonROST2
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.7 mi away/66 ft/22 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pearland 3.0 ETX-BRZ-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/39 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WestburyHWET2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/82 ft/38 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.