Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Gillespie County Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gillespie County Airport is 70° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° 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 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Gillespie County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 62 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 147° / 327° | 11 mph head, on 32 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Fredericksburg/Gillespie County (T82), Gillespie County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 10 PM Thursday; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the north at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 14 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 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
The 3 instruments nearest Gillespie County 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
Fredericksburg/Gillespie CountyT82
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,696 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FredericksburgFRGT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,683 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Fredericksburg 1.4 WSWTX-GS-81
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,762 ft/67 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.