Temperature
74 F at 9 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 68F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Caldwell Municipal Airport until 1 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 89° today.
Now. Caldwell Municipal Airport is 76° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 62° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 67°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:22 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Caldwell Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 64 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,252 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | 4 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Caldwell (RWV), Caldwell Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
74 F at 9 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM to 98% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,200 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 10 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
Caldwell: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Caldwell Municipal 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 now2 instruments
CaldwellRWV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/390 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Yegua Creek AT Lake SomervilleSOMT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.1 mi away/226 ft/165 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Caldwell 1.9 NWTX-BRL-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/387 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dime BoxDBXT2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/387 ft/4 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.