At an airfield/1.1 mi away/877 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Radar Base until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Radar Base is 76° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 62° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:36 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Radar Base, Texas.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Radar Base, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 3 instruments nearest Radar Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/1.1 mi away/877 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eagle PassTCEQ-319
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/837 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Eagle Pass 18.1 NNWTX-MVR-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/796 ft/73 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.1 mi from Radar Base, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 4,600 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
77.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,600 ft.
From the north (10 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.
The full report of Maverick County, 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.