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Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport, Texas

Small airport in San Patricio County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 19 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
T69
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
48 ft
Serves
Sinton
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
T69
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 324,323 ft55 ftAsphalt146° / 326°CalmCalm
14321,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Sinton (T69), Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at Sinton, temperature from 73.4 to 89.6, the latest 77.0; dew point from 64.4 to 77.0, the latest 71.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 72 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM to 98% at 8 AM.

Dew point now
72F
9 PM
Humidity now
83%
Humidity, range
43 to 98%
Relative humidity at Sinton, relative humidity from 43 to 98, the latest 83, 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

Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 15 mph at 3 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
8mph
12 PM
Highest gust
15mph
3 PM
Wind at Sinton, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Sinton, wind direction from 120 to 130, the latest 130, 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

29.98 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
29.98inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.05inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Sinton, pressure, altimeter from 29.91 to 30.01, the latest 29.98, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.05Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 8 AM; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
7mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Sinton, visibility from 7.0 to 9.0, the latest 9.0, 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 2,300 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.

Lowest base now
3,500ft
Lowest in 24 hours
2,300ft
10 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
13
Lowest cloud base at Sinton, lowest cloud base from 2,300 to 5,000, the latest 3,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0003,0004,0005,000Oct 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

Sinton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

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

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

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