Citizen station KE5SXT-2KE5SXT-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/2,601 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Southwest Sandhill, Texas
Community in Ward County, TexasFlood Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and western Texas, including the following areas, in southwest Texas, Central Brewster, Chinati Mountains, Chisos Basin, Davis Mountains, Davis Mountains Foothills, Lower Brewster County, Marfa Plateau, Pecos, Presidio Valley and Terrell. In western Texas, Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Reagan, Reeves County Plains, Scurry, Upton, Ward and Winkler. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Moisture from Hurricane Simon will stream over West Texas the next several days. Periods of heavy rain are expected from this system that will likely cause flash flooding, especially in urban areas and low water crossings where drainage is poor. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
63°
63°/54°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNE
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Southwest Sandhill until 7 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Southwest Sandhill is 63° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 10 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 56° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° 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 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 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:38 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
60%Humidity
51%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
63feels63
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6354
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6040
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6739
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7647
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
8154
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
8461
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
8564
23%
16mph
63°
63°54°
60°40°
67°39°
76°47°
81°54°
84°61°
85°64°
As of 12:00 AM in Southwest Sandhill, Texas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Sandhill
None in the last 24 hours; 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Southwest Sandhill, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Southwest Sandhill, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Southwest Sandhill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,784of 4,689
MonahansE01
At an airfield/2.0 mi away/2,605 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Monahans 5ENE Co-OpMHST2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/2,723 ft/128 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monahans 6 ENE03047
At a climate reference station/7.8 mi away/2,724 ft/129 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Monahans 11.4 ESETX-WR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/2,608 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Monahans 5ENE Co-OpMHST2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/2,723 ft/128 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Monahans, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.0 mi from Southwest Sandhill, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
62.6 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.
The wind
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Monahans, 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.
Near Southwest Sandhill
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Thorntonvilletown, 2 mi
- Monahanscity, 3 mi
- Wicketttown, 6 mi
- Pyotetown, 13 mi
- Grandfallstown, 15 mi
- Winkcity, 20 mi
- Imperialcommunity, 23 mi
- Coyanosacommunity, 23 mi
- Kermitcity, 24 mi
- Barstowcity, 29 mi
- West Odessacommunity, 32 mi
- Goldsmithcity, 34 mi