Temperature
70 F at 4 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mid Valley International Airport, Texas
Small airport in Hidalgo County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong cold front will push south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley today, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late this evening through late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop this afternoon with little to no recovery into Saturday morning. Any wildfire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread due to strong winds and lower humidity. A Red Flag Warning is in effect. * WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 24 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
71°
88°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 3 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Mid Valley International Airport until 7 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 88° today.
Now. Mid Valley International Airport is 71° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:32 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 day is 11 hours 33 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
92%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8871
27%
25mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7359
13%
23mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7857
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8363
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8867
19%
Wed
Oct 21
9070
21%
Thu
Oct 22
9070
overcast
71°
88°71°
73°59°
78°57°
83°63°
88°67°
90°70°
90°70°
As of 4:00 AM in Mid Valley International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Mid Valley International Airport
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 17 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mid Valley International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Mid Valley International Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TXW
- ICAO
- KTXW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 70 ft
- Serves
- Weslaco
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TXW
- Wind now
- From 360° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,998 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | 2 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Weslaco (TXW), Mid Valley International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM Thursday to 92% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 3,400 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Weslaco: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Mid Valley International 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 now4 instruments
WeslacoTXW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/70 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weslaco ScanWCOT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/57 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/1.8 mi away/57 ft/13 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/24.3 mi away/64 ft/6 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
WeslacoWEST2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/69 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Weslaco 0.4 SSWTX-HDL-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/92 ft/22 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Mid Valley International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Weslacocity, 1 mi
- Midway Northcommunity, 3 mi
- Midway Southcommunity, 3 mi
- Llano Grandecommunity, 3 mi
- Mila Docecommunity, 3 mi
- Villa Verdecommunity, 4 mi
- Olivarezcommunity, 4 mi
- Mercedescity, 4 mi
- Indian Hillscommunity, 5 mi
- Donnacity, 5 mi
- Scissorscommunity, 5 mi
- Heidelbergcommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Mid Valley International Airport
- McAllen Miller International AirportMFE, 16 mi
- Valley International AirportHRL, 20 mi
- South Texas International at Edinburg AirportEBG, 20 mi
- Brownsville South Padre Island International AirportBRO, 39 mi
- Port Isabel Cameron County AirportPIL, 39 mi
- Brooks County AirportBKS, 72 mi
- Kingsville Naval Air StationNQI, 92 mi
- Jim Hogg County AirportHBV, 94 mi