Parks/Texas/Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas

National Monument in Potter County, Texas

67° 78°/55°

Clear· Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 14 mph S

Now. Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is 67° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south at 14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain or snow is likely Sunday (79%) and Monday (72%). Rain is possible Saturday (36%). The windiest day is Friday, with wind to 22 mph.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 72% lit, and sets at 3:18 AM after midnight. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

42Air quality

62%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

67feels67

Today

Oct 20

7855

Wed

Oct 21

8160

Thu

Oct 22

8160

Fri

Oct 23

7760

Sat

Oct 24

36%

7159

Sun

Oct 25

79%

6455

Mon

Oct 26

72%

6451

As of 10:00 PM in Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas.

Air quality

The air at Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 26 miles off.

42Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
Ozone42Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

GoodModerate

38YesterdayOct 19
GoodTodayOct 20
ModerateWedOct 21
GoodThuOct 22
GoodFriOct 23

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Thu 7 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

None in the last 3 days, to Tue 9 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 Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Thu 7 PM.

Park

Designation: National Monument
Area: 2.15 sq mi
Height at its point: 3,014 ft
County: Potter County
State: Texas
Latitude: 35.5820° N
Longitude: 101.6697° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station KE5CJKE5CJ

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/3,155 ft/141 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

CedarCEDT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/3,222 ft/208 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Borger/HutchinsonBGD

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/3,054 ft/40 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bushland #1S2006

At a soil climate station/37.6 mi away/3,820 ft/806 ft above here