Temperature
57 F at 2 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sonora Municipal Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Sutton County, TexasFlood Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...A portion of west central Texas, including the following counties, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Schleicher, Shackelford, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Throckmorton and Tom Green. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - There is an increased danger to lives and property due to flash flooding. Flash flooding is likely and considerable flash flooding is possible. - With a series of upper-level disturbances and an approaching cold front interacting with a very moist airmass, expect focused areas of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Heavy rainfall in short periods of time will bring a risk of flooding and flash flooding. - Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
58°
60°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Sonora Municipal Airport until 7 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM (74%).
Now. Sonora Municipal Airport is 58° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:31 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
58feels58
74%
Today
Oct 16
6052
17%
24mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6040
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6639
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7246
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7751
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8056
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8259
overcast
58°
60°52°
60°40°
66°39°
72°46°
77°51°
80°56°
82°59°
As of 3:00 AM in Sonora Municipal Airport, Texas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sonora Municipal Airport
2.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 2.10in
- Last 3 days
- 2.10in
Visibility
How far you can see at Sonora Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SOA
- ICAO
- KSOA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,140 ft
- Serves
- Sonora
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SOA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,037 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 193° / 13° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sonora Muni (SOA), Sonora Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 0 mph, 4 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 0mph
- 4 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.36 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.36inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.34inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 6 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Sonora Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Sonora 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 now1 instrument
Sonora MuniSOA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,139 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sonora Municipal Arpt 1Minw Of Po BoxSOXT2
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/2,165 ft/25 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sonora 3.2 SSWTX-SU-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/2,131 ft/9 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 Sonora Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sonoracity, 1 mi
- Eldoradocity, 19 mi
- Ozonacommunity, 34 mi
- Christovalcommunity, 43 mi
- Rockspringstown, 47 mi
- Mertzoncity, 48 mi
- Junctioncity, 52 mi
- Menardcity, 56 mi
- San Angelocity, 61 mi
- Big Lakecity, 64 mi
- Edencity, 65 mi
- Grape Creekcommunity, 69 mi
Airports near Sonora Municipal Airport
- Ozona Municipal AirportOZA, 35 mi
- Edwards County AirportECU, 52 mi
- Kimble County AirportJCT, 53 mi
- San Angelo Regional Mathis FieldSJT, 54 mi
- Reagan County AirportE41, 65 mi
- Laughlin Air Force BaseDLF, 85 mi
- Del Rio International AirportDRT, 85 mi
- Curtis FieldBBD, 89 mi