At an airfield/2.5 mi away/971 ft/118 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Texas
State Park in Parker County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, and south central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM early this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to 30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the strong winds.
60°
62°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Lake Mineral Wells State Park until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (91%).
Now. Lake Mineral Wells State Park is 60° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:14 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
60feels60
91%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6253
84%
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6343
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7445
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7950
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8457
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8661
overcast
60°
62°53°
63°43°
68°39°
74°45°
79°50°
84°57°
86°61°
As of 1:00 AM in Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Lake Mineral Wells State Park
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 74 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
- Ozone34Good9 ppb9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Mineral Wells State Park
2.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 2.05in
- Last 3 days
- 2.05in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Mineral Wells State Park, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 853 ft
- County
- Parker County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 32.8152° N
- Longitude
- 98.0464° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Lake Mineral Wells State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Parker CountyTCEQ-76
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/1,138 ft/285 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW5840GW5840
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/1,260 ft/407 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brock 0.5 ESETX-PR-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/856 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WeatherfordWTFT2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/1,145 ft/292 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Lake Mineral Wells State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Coolcity, 2 mi
- Mineral Wellscity, 3 mi
- Garnercommunity, 4 mi
- Millsaptown, 5 mi
- Peastertown, 10 mi
- Brazoscommunity, 11 mi
- Grafordcity, 14 mi
- Palo Pintocommunity, 15 mi
- Perrincommunity, 15 mi
- Weatherfordcity, 16 mi
- Dennistown, 16 mi
- Santocommunity, 17 mi