Orange GroveNOG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/256 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field until 1 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 81° after 92° today.
Now. Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field is 81° and clear at 8 PM. With the humidity it feels like 85°. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 8 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 90°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:35 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Texas.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 41 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 8,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 14° / 194° | 2 mph head, on 01 | 8 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 8,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | 6 mph head, on 13 | 6 mph from the left |
The 5 instruments nearest Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing 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 now3 instruments
Orange GroveNOG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/256 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KingsvilleS2206
At a soil climate station/26.4 mi away/67 ft/190 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Kingsville ScanKGVT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.4 mi away/67 ft/190 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Orange Grove 4.3 SWTX-JW-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/202 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nueces R - Lake Corpus ChristiMTHT2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/95 ft/162 ft below 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.