Temperature
77 F at 9 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 73F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport until 1 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 79° after 89° today.
Now. Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport is 78° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° by 7 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 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 19 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,323 ft | 55 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Sinton (T69), Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 9 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM to 98% at 8 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 15 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 8 AM; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,300 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 13 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
Sinton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas 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 now3 instruments
SintonT69
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/59 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mission - AransasMAXT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/-1 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KingsvilleS2206
At a soil climate station/39.7 mi away/67 ft/19 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Odem 0.7 NTX-SP-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/78 ft/30 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Welder Wild Life nears WoodsboroWODT2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/22 ft/26 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Welder Wild Life nears Woodsboro (WODT2), 8.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.