CEDAR CREEK 8 NW Cedar Creek LakeTRNT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/325 ft/45 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tool, Texas
City in Henderson 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.
71°
67°/59°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Tool until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Tool is 71° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 59° 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 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:07 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
78%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
71feels71
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6759
29%
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6748
13mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7044
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7648
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8153
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8557
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8760
overcast
71°
67°59°
67°48°
70°44°
76°48°
81°53°
85°57°
87°60°
As of 1:00 AM in Tool, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Tool
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 49 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone32Good28 ppb21.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tool
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Tool, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Tool, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tool, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank1,049of 4,689
Citizen station FW4725FW4725
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.2 mi away/439 ft/69 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
AthensF44
At an airfield/21.6 mi away/444 ft/74 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gun Barrel City 1.9 NWTX-HND-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/339 ft/31 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Site 1RSST2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/374 ft/4 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Athens, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Tool, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 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 wind
Calm.
The full report of Athens, 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 Tool
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gun Barrel Citycity, 3 mi
- Payne Springstown, 4 mi
- Seven Pointscity, 4 mi
- Enchanted Oakstown, 4 mi
- Mabanktown, 7 mi
- Caney Citytown, 9 mi
- Star Harborcity, 9 mi
- Log Cabincity, 10 mi
- Eustacecity, 10 mi
- Trinidadcity, 11 mi
- Kerenscity, 11 mi
- Kempcity, 12 mi