Mc KinneyTKI
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/587 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for McKinney National Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 87° today.
Now. McKinney National Airport is 74° and light rain at 9 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in McKinney National Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 31 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, 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
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 7,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | 12 mph head, on 36 | 5 mph from the left |
The 4 instruments nearest McKinney National Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Mc KinneyTKI
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/587 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER 3 W Lake LavonLVNT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/482 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fairview 0.9 NETX-CLL-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/622 ft/37 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lavon ReservoirLVNT2
At a reservoir/11.9 mi away/482 ft/103 ft below 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.