Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
La Porte Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Harris County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas. * WHEN...From 7 AM Friday to 1 AM 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. Secure outdoor objects.
74°
80°/71°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 74°·Light air 3 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for La Porte Municipal Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 80° today.
Now. La Porte Municipal Airport is 74° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:11 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
88%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
74feels74
10%
Today
Oct 16
8071
29%
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7157
18mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7354
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7758
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8163
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8465
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8665
overcast
74°
80°71°
71°57°
73°54°
77°58°
81°63°
84°65°
86°65°
As of 3:00 AM in La Porte Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at La Porte Municipal Airport
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 18 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
- Ozone31Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Porte Municipal Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
Visibility
How far you can see at La Porte Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- T41
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 25 ft
- Serves
- La Porte
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- T41
- Wind now
- From 280° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 2,998 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 2 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 4,165 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | 3 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from La Porte (T41), La Porte Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 2 PM Thursday to 89% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 12 AM
- 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 1,800 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 12 AM
- 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
La Porte: 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 La Porte 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
La PorteT41
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San Jacinto River 4 N Lake HoustonHSJT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/69 ft/44 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
La Porte 2.4 WNWTX-HRR-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/26 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/59 ft/34 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 La Porte Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- La Portecity, 1 mi
- Deer Parkcity, 3 mi
- Morgan's Pointcity, 4 mi
- Shoreacrescity, 4 mi
- Taylor Lake Villagecity, 6 mi
- El Lagocity, 7 mi
- Pasadenacity, 7 mi
- Seabrookcity, 7 mi
- Baytowncity, 8 mi
- Clear Lake Shorescity, 9 mi
- Nassau Baycity, 9 mi
- South Houstoncity, 10 mi
Airports near La Porte Municipal Airport
- Ellington AirportEFD, 7 mi
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU, 13 mi
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 15 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 27 mi
- George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH, 27 mi
- Scholes International At Galveston AirportGLS, 30 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 36 mi
- Liberty Municipal AirportT78, 36 mi