Port_LavacaPKV
At an airfield/10.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Now. Magnolia Beach Park is 70° and clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 77°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 12:15 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 28 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Magnolia Beach Park, Texas.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 32 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NE 36°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy PHCT2, 59.6 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 12:00 PM | 3.6 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 11:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 10:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | - |
| Sat 9:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 8:00 AM | 3.6 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 7:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | - |
| Sat 6:00 AM | 3.6 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 5:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | - |
| Sat 4:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | - |
| Sat 3:00 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | - |
| Sat 2:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | - |
| Sat 1:00 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Sat 12:00 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | - |
| Fri 11:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | - |
| Fri 10:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Fri 9:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 8:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | - |
| Fri 7:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 6:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 5:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 4:00 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 3:00 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | - |
| Fri 2:00 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | - |
| Fri 1:00 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | - |
The 6 instruments nearest Magnolia Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Port_LavacaPKV
At an airfield/10.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW8849DW8849
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Matagorda Bay Entrance ChannelNDBC-MBET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/24.8 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Point ComfortPTCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Seadrift 4.9 ENETX-CLH-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 7.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:10. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.