Temperature
83 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 82 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 83F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 82F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mustang Beach Airport, Texas
Small airport in Nueces County, TexasWind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Aransas Islands, Calhoun Islands, Kleberg Islands, and Nueces Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM Friday to 1 PM 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.
83°
88°/80°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 86°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Mustang Beach Airport until 1 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mustang Beach Airport is 83° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. With the humidity it feels like 86°. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 79° 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 tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. Rain is possible Tuesday (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 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 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
62%Humidity
68%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
83feels86
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8880
12mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8476
19%
29mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7562
24mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7764
13mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8169
10%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
8374
37%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
8476
13%
13mph
83°
88°80°
84°76°
75°62°
77°64°
81°69°
83°74°
84°76°
As of 10:00 PM in Mustang Beach Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Mustang Beach Airport
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 19 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone39Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mustang Beach Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Mustang Beach Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RAS
- ICAO
- KRAS
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 5 ft
- Serves
- Port Aransas
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RAS
- Wind now
- From 110° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 3,482 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | 9 mph head, on 12 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt (RAS), Mustang Beach Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 12 PM to 69% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 62%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 69%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 22 mph at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
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 2,700 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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 Mustang Beach Airport, 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
Port Aransas/Mustang Beach ArptRAS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/7 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mission - AransasMAXT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.9 mi away/-1 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/37.7 mi away/8 ft/3 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Port Aransas 0.9 ENETX-NU-106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/5 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port AransasPTTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/30 ft/25 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 Mustang Beach Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Aransascity, 1 mi
- Aransas Passcity, 8 mi
- Ingleside on the Baycity, 8 mi
- Inglesidecity, 8 mi
- Falmancommunity, 9 mi
- Gregorycity, 15 mi
- Portlandcity, 15 mi
- Rockportcity, 16 mi
- Tradewindscommunity, 16 mi
- Fultontown, 18 mi
- Corpus Christicity, 20 mi
- Baysidetown, 21 mi
Airports near Mustang Beach Airport
- Ingleside Regional AirportTFP, 10 mi
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax FieldNGP, 15 mi
- Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing FieldNWL, 18 mi
- Aransas County AirportRKP, 19 mi
- Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing FieldNGW, 23 mi
- Corpus Christi International AirportCRP, 25 mi
- Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas AirportT69, 32 mi
- Nueces County AirportRBO, 37 mi