Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/157 ft/56 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is 77° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 91° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 9, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 97°, and the coolest Thursday, near 92°. Thunderstorms is likely Thursday (53%). Thunderstorms is possible tomorrow (49%). Saturday is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:15 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:34 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 48 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 43 miles off.
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Wed 4 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/157 ft/56 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/108 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lower Rio Grande Weather StationLWRT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/98 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/26.7 mi away/57 ft/44 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/31.1 mi away/64 ft/37 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mission 4.3 WSWTX-HDL-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/111 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McallenMCAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/128 ft/27 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mcallen (MCAT2), 10.8 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 06:00. 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.