Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Mineral Wells Regional Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (95%).
Now. Mineral Wells Regional Airport is 61° and rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:14 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Mineral Wells Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 74 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
2.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,996 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 14 mph head, on 31 | 6 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,188 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 14 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Mineral Wells Muni (MWL), Mineral Wells Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 10 PM Thursday; 86 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 19 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 54 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.20 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 6 PM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 6 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.98 in measured in the gauge, the most, 1.36 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mineral Wells Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mineral Wells 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/971 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
GranburyGRYT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.1 mi away/771 ft/203 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
StephenvilleS2203
At a soil climate station/37.9 mi away/1,311 ft/337 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Brock 0.5 ESETX-PR-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/856 ft/118 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WeatherfordWTFT2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/1,145 ft/171 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.