Temperature
48 F at 2 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 65F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Perry Lefors Field, Texas
Small airport in Gray County, Texas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible. * WHERE...Portions of the Panhandle of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
57°/41°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Perry Lefors Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Perry Lefors Field is 48° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
74%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
48feels42
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5741
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6333
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6637
20mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7446
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
7752
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
8057
15%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
8060
33%
17mph
48°
57°41°
63°33°
66°37°
74°46°
77°52°
80°57°
80°60°
As of 3:00 AM in Perry Lefors Field, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Perry Lefors Field
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 54 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Perry Lefors Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.36in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Perry Lefors Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PPA
- ICAO
- KPPA
- IATA
- PPA
- Field elevation
- 3,245 ft
- Serves
- Pampa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PPA
- Wind now
- From 360° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:30
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 60° / 240° | 7 mph head, on 05 | 12 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,862 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 14 mph head, on 35 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pampa (PPA), Perry Lefors Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 28 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.56 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.56inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.55inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
Pampa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Perry Lefors 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 now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Radio Station KgroPAPT2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/3,245 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Pampa 1.2 SWTX-GY-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/3,238 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Perry Lefors Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Perry Lefors Field
- Hutchinson County AirportBGD, 23 mi
- Hemphill County AirportHHF, 39 mi
- Spearman Municipal AirportE42, 43 mi
- Rick Husband Amarillo International AirportAMA, 48 mi
- Perryton Ochiltree County AirportPYX, 57 mi
- Moore County AirportDUX, 59 mi
- Childress Municipal AirportCDS, 91 mi
- Dalhart Municipal AirportDHT, 91 mi