Temperature
73 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field, Texas
Small airport in Nueces County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Bee, Coastal Aransas, Coastal Calhoun, Coastal Kleberg, Coastal Nueces, Coastal Refugio, Coastal San Patricio, Goliad, Inland Calhoun, Inland Kleberg, Inland Nueces, Inland Refugio, Inland San Patricio, Jim Wells, and Victoria Counties. * WHEN...From 7 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.
75°
84°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 1 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 84° today.
Now. Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field is 75° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, 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 75°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 30 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8474
17%
31mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7559
28mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7760
14mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8166
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
8470
20%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
8572
13%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
8672
12mph
75°
84°74°
75°59°
77°60°
81°66°
84°70°
85°72°
86°72°
As of 4:00 AM in Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 12 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NWL
- ICAO
- KNWL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 25 ft
- Serves
- Corpus Christi
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NWL
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,365 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 | 5,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Corpus Christi - Waldron Field (NWL), Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 1 PM Thursday to 84% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 3,700 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,700ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Corpus Christi - Waldron FieldNWL
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/23 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mission - AransasMAXT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.6 mi away/-1 ft/26 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KingsvilleS2206
At a soil climate station/35.4 mi away/67 ft/42 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Corpus Christi 5.2 SSWTX-NU-88
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/21 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port AransasPTTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/30 ft/5 ft above 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 Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Corpus Christicity, 10 mi
- Ingleside on the Baycity, 15 mi
- Tierra Grandecommunity, 17 mi
- Portlandcity, 18 mi
- Inglesidecity, 18 mi
- Gregorycity, 20 mi
- Port Aransascity, 20 mi
- Petronilacity, 21 mi
- Aransas Passcity, 21 mi
- Falmancommunity, 22 mi
- Taft Southwestcommunity, 24 mi
- Taftcity, 24 mi
Airports near Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax FieldNGP, 4 mi
- Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing FieldNGW, 9 mi
- Corpus Christi International AirportCRP, 15 mi
- Mustang Beach AirportRAS, 18 mi
- Ingleside Regional AirportTFP, 20 mi
- Nueces County AirportRBO, 25 mi
- Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas AirportT69, 31 mi
- Kingsville Naval Air StationNQI, 32 mi