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Tuesday  October 15, 2024
Week 42 of 52
Day 289 of 365


Central Daylight Time
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Today/Tonight
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 70.7°F 12:00 AM
67.3°F 01:11 AM
High/Low Humidity
 70% 01:13 AM
61% 12:00 AM
High/Low Dewpoint
 57.2°F 01:13 AM
56.2°F 12:45 AM
High/Low Pressure 30.094 in 12:16 AM
30.084 in 01:05 AM
Highest Wind Gust 2 mph 12:00 AM
Average Wind 4 mph
Average Direction SE @ 126°
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 102.4°F Oct 13
66.9°F Oct 13
High/Low Humidity
 90% Oct 13
19% Oct 13
High/Low Dewpoint
 65.8°F Oct 13
48.0°F Oct 14
High/Low Pressure 30.163 in Oct 14
29.938 in Oct 13
Highest Wind Gust 16 mph Oct 13
Average Wind 5 mph
Average Direction SW @ 223°
Rainfall 0.00 in

 

October

High/Low Temp 102.4°F Oct 13
58.1°F Oct 09
High/Low Humidity
 98% Oct 06
19% Oct 13
High/Low Dewpoint
 73.2°F Oct 06
48.0°F Oct 14
High/Low Pressure 30.179 in Oct 11
29.831 in Oct 03
Highest Wind Gust 20 mph Oct 04
Average Wind 3 mph
Average Direction SSW @ 194°
Rainfall 0.00 in


2024

High/Low Temp 111.7°F Aug 21
14.4°F Jan 15
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 02
15% Apr 04
High/Low Dewpoint
 83.0°F Jun 04
4.6°F Jan 16
High/Low Pressure 30.646 in Jan 20
29.492 in Jan 11
Highest Wind Gust 37 mph Jan 08
Average Wind 5 mph
Average Direction S @ 190°
Rainfall 27.92 in

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000



        

Leander, Texas   USA
      Located ½ mile WNW of Bagdad Rd at Crystal Falls Pkwy

Tuesday Morning
01:15 am
Updated every 5 minutes
HOVER INSTRUMENTS FOR GRAPHS

ELEV 1037 FT
30.5529° N   -97.8615° W




















67.4°F 19°CCalm

0.00 in
0.0 mm
feels like 69.6°F

comfortable Dew Point
 N/Asince midnight
High: 70.7°F 12:00 AM
 Low: 67.3°F 01:11 AM		0 to 0 mph
0 to 0 kph

Last Rain Event

09/05/2024 07:45:00 PM
39 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes ago


76.9°F 24°C
Computer Room  
AC Filter Check due 12/1/24



Wind Roses
 courtesy of findu.com

        
 

last 24 hrs
        
last 2 hrs
Average     4 mph
0 mph
Avg Gust   1 mph
1 mph
High Gust   2 mph
3 mph
+/- Outdoor Temp Trends last 48 hours
-3.1°F 1 hr ago
-7.5°F 3 hrs ago
-22.0°F 12 hrs ago
-8.1°F 24 hrs ago
-7.4°F 48 hrs ago
Rainfall Synopsis
for 10/15/24
            0.00 in Since Midnight
      0.00 in  Yesterday
0.00 in  Week
  0.00 in  Month
27.92 in  Year




         



  Change



30.084 in Hg
1018 millibars
⇔ steady
0.000 in Hg last 3 hrs







69%

High: 70% 01:13 AM
 Low: 61% 12:00 AM

17% change last 3 hrs







57.0°F 13°C
comfortable
1.0°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Last signal outage logged
08/23/2024 05:30:00 PM

52 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes ago

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HEAVENLY BODIES



Moon Phase
Distance 01:15 am
220973 miles from Earth
93% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬃ SW
bearing 221°
Currently 45° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Tuesday  October 15, 2024
Moonrise 05:58:03 PM
Lunar Noon 12:10:39 AM
Moonset 05:22:59 AM

Next New 11/01/2024 07:47:03 AM
Next First Quarter 11/08/2024 11:55:22 PM
Next Full 10/17/2024 06:26:18 AM
Next Third Quarter 10/24/2024 03:02:58 AM



01:15 am CDT
Direction: N @ 358°
92.6886781556 million miles from Earth
-68.1557256519° ⇓ below the horizon
Tuesday  October 15, 2024
Dawn: 07:09:13 AM
Sunrise: 07:33:56 AM
Solar Noon: 01:17:02 PM
Sunset: 06:59:43 PM
Dusk: 07:24:25 PM

 Daylight: 11 hrs, 26 min
-13 sec less than yesterday
Darkness: 12 hrs, 34 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
(Northern Hemisphere-Earth)

   Vernal Equinox: 03/20/2025 04:01:12 AM
 Summer Solstice: 06/20/2025 09:42:16 PM
Autumnal Equinox: 09/22/2025 01:19:14 PM
    Winter Solstice: 12/21/2024 03:20:18 AM



Our Solar System
Tuesday  October 15, 2024   01:15 am CDT
updated every 5 min

Distances are calculated from center to center of the applicable bodies.
All years, days, and hours are in Earth time units. All Rise and Set timestamps are in U.S.- Central Daylight Time



99.86% total mass of the entire solar system
Fuses 600M metric tons of hydrogen per sec
equivalent to trillions of atomic bombs.

Diameter 864,938 mi
Rotation Period: 648 hours       Year: 247.7 billion years
Average Surface temp 10,000°F
Current Position and Bearings

92.6886781556 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:33:56 AM
Set 06:59:43 PM
Bearing 358.568648255°
-68.1557256519° above the horizon
Smallest planet. Closest to the Sun, but
not the hottest planet. Very thin atmosphere.
Shrinking due to loss of core temp. No moon.

Diameter 3,031.9 mi
Day: 4222.6 hrs      Year: 88 days
Average surface temp 330°F
Current Position and Bearings

130.650333693 million miles  from Earth
42.4827196713 million miles from the Sun
Rise 08:23:02 AM
Set 07:27:25 PM
Bearing 331.012031482°
-69.7620563711° above the horizon
Hottest planet due to high pressure CO2
greenhouse atmosphere. Brightest due to
highly reflective clouds of CO2. No moon.

Diameter 7,520.8 mi
Day: 2802 hrs      Year: 224.7 days
Average surface temp 867°F (lead melts at 621.5 °F)
Current Position and Bearings

118.945643423 million miles from Earth
67.6501623843 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:20:35 AM
Set 08:43:57 PM
Bearing 280.035816197°
-57.6532921048° above the horizon


Only planet with H2O oceans, life forms,
and only one moon.

Diameter 7,917.5 mi
Day: 24 hrs      Year: 365.25 days
Average surface temp 59°F (rising due to CO2 pollution)
Current Position

92.6886781556 million miles  from the Sun
220973 mi  from the Moon
Oxidized ores explain it's reddish tints
Polar ice caps and seasons like Earth.
2 moons

Diameter 4,212.3 mi
Day: 24h 37m 23s       Year: 687 days
Average surface temp -85°F
Current Position and Bearings

106.039430183 million miles from Earth
141.425644079 million miles from the Sun
Rise 12:30:05 AM
Set 02:28:04 PM
Bearing 68.6649299149°
8.3850416072° above the horizon
Largest planet, all gases, no land surface
Violent hydrogen & helium atmosphere.
95 moons

Diameter 86,881 mi
Day: 09h 50m 30s       Year: 11.86 years
Average surface temp -166°F
Current Position and Bearings

415.519840026 million miles from Earth
470.159088493 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:13:42 PM
Set 12:14:04 PM
Bearing 83.1509073708°
35.9818087929° above the horizon




Rings are most likely previous moons
reduced to rubble by Saturn's gravity.
146 confirmed moons

Diameter 72,367 mi
Day: 10h 14m       Year: 29.46 years
Average surface temp -220°F
Current Position and Bearings

0.823380357575 billion mi  from Earth
0.897378100353 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 05:11:50 PM
Set 04:38:47 AM
Bearing 225.983147105°
38.8384295454° above the horizon

28° axial tilt, similar to Mars & Earth
Rotates on it's side. 27 moons

Diameter 31,518 mi
Day: 17h 14m       Year: 84 years
Average surface temp -320°F
Current Position and Bearings

1.74132072469 billion miles  from Earth
1.81880629598 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 08:38:07 PM
Set 10:19:51 AM
Bearing 102.324723692°
57.1740826175° above the horizon

Furthest, darkest, coldest, and smallest
outer planet. 1,500 mph winds and
14 moons

Diameter 30,599 mi
Day: 16 hrs       Year: 164.8 years
Average surface temp -330°F
Current Position and Bearings

2.69446383435 billion miles  from Earth
2.77903303783 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 05:48:09 PM
Set 05:45:34 AM
Bearing 216.15125372°
51.4488712062° above the horizon



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THANK YOU


Steve
Callsign W5SDC
Storm chaser, weather station manager, and web server administrator

This station's first weather page went live on the internet in January of 2004. Since then, home weather stations have become much more reliable, affordable, and now provide much more data than just basic temperature, wind, and rain measurements.

It is a pleasure to have a weather station on the web and very honorable to be able to submit instrument readings to NOAA's MADIS database through the CWOP-Citizens Weather Observer Program. I also xmit conditions at 5 min intervals to Weather Underground and findu.com.

My data from Leander, Texas combined with thousands of other private stations around the world provides invaluable data used for forecasting, nowcasting, and scientific study by students of meteorology and climate.

This station is here solely in the public interest and simply for the greater good that up to date weather information brings everyone.

Thanks for stopping by.



TECHNICAL SALUTATIONS



Big thanks to Tom Keffer for writing the weeWX weather station engine and also to Matthew Wall and Gary Roderick for their invaluable contributions to weeWX. Get the whole saga of weeWX and the software at the link above. weeWX is relatively easy to configure and use even for those like me with limited programming experience. I started with the basic template that was included and have watched this entire weather website's template grow to 1,621 lines of HTML since June 2017.



Thank You Elwood Downey, WB0OEW for your creation of the astronomical position calculations used in the Heavenly Bodies section of this website. Donating your libastro C calculation library for use in PyEphem for linux was a very gracious thing to do. Many people are grateful for your generosity and hard work on that project and so many others.



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