Nueces Rv nr Barksdale0818999010
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/1,452 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Barksdale until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Barksdale is 67° and rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 56° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:09 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 3:00 AM in Barksdale, Texas.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Barksdale, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Barksdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Nueces Rv nr Barksdale0818999010
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/1,452 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
RockspringsECU
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/2,372 ft/865 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
UvaldeS2204
At a soil climate station/39.1 mi away/915 ft/592 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Camp Wood 3.5 WSWTX-ED-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,691 ft/184 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Prade RanchPDRT2
On a farm or research station/20.5 mi away/2,097 ft/590 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from Barksdale, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud reported; visibility 9 mi.
59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.
The full report of Rocksprings, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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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.