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Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport, Texas

Small airport in Travis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 21 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen 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 Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
RYW
ICAO
KRYW
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,231 ft
Serves
Lago Vista
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
RYW
Wind now
From 100° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 333,808 ft50 ftAsphalt161° / 341°2 mph head, on 154 mph from the left
15331,000 ftN100° 5 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Lago Vista (RYW), Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

76 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
76F
10 PM
Highest
87F
3 PM
Lowest
70F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Lago Vista, temperature from 70.4 to 87.4, the latest 75.6; dew point from 59.9 to 72.0, the latest 62.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 63 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM to 100% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
63F
10 PM
Humidity now
64%
Humidity, range
40 to 100%
Relative humidity at Lago Vista, relative humidity from 40 to 100, the latest 64, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

5 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 2 AM.

Now
5mph
from the east
Strongest
10mph
12 AM
Highest gust
21mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Lago Vista, wind from 2 to 10, the latest 5; gust from 17 to 21, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0510152025Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Lago Vista, wind direction from 100 to 180, the latest 100, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.07inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Lago Vista, pressure, altimeter from 30.01 to 30.11, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.1030.13Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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
Visibility at Lago Vista, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
800ft
9 AM
Hours with a base reported
15
Lowest cloud base at Lago Vista, lowest cloud base from 800 to 5,500, the latest 5,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Lago Vista: 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 Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lago VistaRYW

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,231 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Austin 33 NW23907

At a climate reference station/10.7 mi away/1,361 ft/130 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Lago Vista 2.1 NNETX-TV-169

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/901 ft/330 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Austin - Great HillsAGHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/886 ft/345 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin - Great Hills (AGHT2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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