Temperature
70 F at 5 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Garner Field until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Garner Field is 71° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 62° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 91°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:31 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Garner Field, Texas.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 5,256 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Uvalde/Garner_Field_Arpt (UVA), Garner Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 5 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 60 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 5 PM Thursday to 87% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.19 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 8 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 1,400 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 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 4 instruments nearest Garner Field, 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/942 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
UvaldeS2204
At a soil climate station/0.8 mi away/915 ft/27 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Uvalde 2.5 ESETX-UV-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/917 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SabinalSBAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/1,035 ft/93 ft above 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.