Temperature
76 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 76F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 70F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 89° today.
Now. Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport is 75° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° 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 Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 68°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 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 south-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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 54 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,200 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | 4 mph head, on 15 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Gonzales (T20), Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM to 98% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 15 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
Gonzales: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Roger M Dreyer Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
GonzalesT20
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/355 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/438 ft/84 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gonzales 1.0 NNETX-GZ-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/351 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LulingLUUT2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.3 mi away/401 ft/47 ft above 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.