Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/157 ft/56 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas
State Park in Hidalgo County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong front pushes south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late Friday evening into late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop Friday 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. The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Red Flag Warning for Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM Friday to 7 AM CDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...Northerly 15-25 mph, gusting as high as 35-55 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 25 to 40 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.
79°
95°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park until 7 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is 79° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 73° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 92°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. Rain is possible tomorrow (30%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 35 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
73%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
79feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9576
12mph
UV 9
Fri
Oct 16
8973
30%
22mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7560
21mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
8058
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8464
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
9068
20%
Wed
Oct 21
9272
24%
79°
95°76°
89°73°
75°60°
80°58°
84°64°
90°68°
92°72°
As of 11:00 PM in World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas.
Air quality
The air at World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 43 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good6.9 mi
- Ozone33Good31 ppb6.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good6.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 101 ft
- County
- Hidalgo County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 26.1787° N
- Longitude
- 98.3886° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
MissionTCEQ-43
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.9 mi away/121 ft/20 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/108 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/26.7 mi away/57 ft/44 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/31.1 mi away/64 ft/37 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mission 4.3 WSWTX-HDL-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/111 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McallenMCAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/128 ft/27 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mcallen (MCAT2), 10.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
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