Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hale County Airport until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hale County Airport is 53° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Hale County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lubbock (TX), 40 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,997 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 20 mph head, on 04 | 11 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 20 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Plainview (PVW), Hale County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 10 PM Thursday; 66 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 45 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 6 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
23 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 28 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.43 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 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
Plainview: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Hale County 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 now1 instrument
PlainviewPVW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,373 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plainview 0.96 ESETX-HLE-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/3,373 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DowntownPVWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/3,373 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Downtown (PVWT2), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.