Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/157 ft/73 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Salida del Sol Estates until 7 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 88° today.
Now. Salida del Sol Estates is 70° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph, gusting to 34 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 91°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. Rain is possible Wednesday (41%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 33 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Salida del Sol Estates, Texas.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 48 miles off.
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Salida del Sol Estates, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Salida del Sol Estates, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/157 ft/73 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MissionTCEQ-43
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/121 ft/109 ft below here
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At an airfield/16.5 mi away/108 ft/122 ft below here
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Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/64 ft/166 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/32.5 mi away/57 ft/173 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
La Joya 0.6 WTX-HDL-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/143 ft/87 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MccookMCOT2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/302 ft/72 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Salida del Sol Estates, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
73.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.
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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.