McfaddenFADT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for MacFadden Beach until 8 PM 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. MacFadden Beach is 62° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 12:02 AM after midnight. 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 26 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in MacFadden Beach, Texas.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 29 miles off.
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 158°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 42035, 34.5 mi away.
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12:40 AM | 5.6 ft | - | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (32°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (12°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 5.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (17°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (8°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (9°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (3°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ESE (118°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (126°) |
The 6 instruments nearest MacFadden Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
McfaddenFADT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW9386FW9386
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/20.9 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
BeaumontS2207
At a soil climate station/30.5 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
CityPTHT2
At a cooperative observer's station/19.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Beaumont 13.1 SSWTX-JJ-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.6 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
-
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.