Temperature
79 F at 9 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 74 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 79F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 74F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Port Isabel Cameron County Airport until 1 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Port Isabel Cameron County Airport is 79° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 73°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%) and Tuesday (38%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 32 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 35 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 21 miles off.
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 35° / 215° | 1 mph head, on 03 | 6 mph from the right |
| 08 / 26 unlit | 5,317 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 5 mph head, on 08 | 3 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 8,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | 6 mph head, on 13 | 2 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 4,200 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 3 mph head, on 17 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt (PIL), Port Isabel Cameron County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
79 F at 9 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 74 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 10 AM to 84% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.96 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,600 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 11 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
The 5 instruments nearest Port Isabel Cameron County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Port Isabel-Cameron County AptPIL
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/20 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Laguna Atascosa RAWSATRT2
A remote fire weather station/4.3 mi away/43 ft/24 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/57 ft/38 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Vista 1.4 WNWTX-CMR-107
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/11 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port IsabelPIST2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/16 ft/3 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.