Ash Ck at Hwy 171 nr Malone08063030
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/400 ft/171 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Penelope, Texas
Town in Hill 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.
67°
67°/59°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Penelope until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Penelope is 67° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
83%Humidity
86%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
67feels67
15%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6759
44%
27mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6748
15mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7044
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7648
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8154
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8558
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8761
overcast
67°
67°59°
67°48°
70°44°
76°48°
81°54°
85°58°
87°61°
As of 3:00 AM in Penelope, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Penelope
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 24 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone32Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Penelope
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Penelope, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Penelope, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Penelope, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,156of 4,689
Citizen station EW8029EW8029
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/633 ft/62 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
WacoCNW
At an airfield/17.6 mi away/469 ft/102 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RieselS2199
At a soil climate station/26.5 mi away/539 ft/32 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hubbard 1.1 WNWTX-HLL-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/551 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WestWSTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/666 ft/95 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Waco, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Penelope, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
68.0 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.
The wind
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.
The full report of Waco, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.