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Sunday  December 22, 2024
Week 51 of 52
Day 357 of 365


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Tonight
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 49.1°F 02:00 AM
45.9°F 05:04 AM
High/Low Humidity
 81% 03:15 AM
66% 01:06 AM
High/Low Dewpoint
 42.3°F 02:35 AM
37.6°F 12:29 AM
High/Low Pressure 30.333 in 03:16 AM
30.315 in 04:58 AM
Highest Wind Gust 10 mph 02:41 AM
Average Wind 3 mph
Average Direction S @ 180°
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 49.1°F Dec 22
45.9°F Dec 22
High/Low Humidity
 81% Dec 22
66% Dec 22
High/Low Dewpoint
 42.3°F Dec 22
37.6°F Dec 22
High/Low Pressure 30.333 in Dec 22
30.315 in Dec 22
Highest Wind Gust 10 mph Dec 22
Average Wind 4 mph
Average Direction S @ 180°
Rainfall 0.00 in

 

December

High/Low Temp 83.7°F Dec 09
32.7°F Dec 11
High/Low Humidity
 99% Dec 01
24% Dec 09
High/Low Dewpoint
 71.4°F Dec 14
24.8°F Dec 11
High/Low Pressure 30.534 in Dec 03
29.736 in Dec 09
Highest Wind Gust 25 mph Dec 10
Average Wind 4 mph
Average Direction SSW @ 210°
Rainfall 1.18 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 SSW @ 192°
Rainfall 30.62 in

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000



        

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

Conditions at 05:05 am
Updated every 5 minutes
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ELEV 1037 FT
30.5529° N   -97.8615° W






Light Air

with Light Breeze gusts















46.0°F 7°CSSW
2 to 3 mph
3 to 5 kph

0.00 in
0.0 mm
since midnight
feels like 42.4°F

 Dew Point Index
DRY 

Wind Chill 45.6°F


Compass Bearing
193°

180° average since midnight
185° average last 2 hours


Last Freeze Event

01/20/2024 10:55:00 AM
336 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes ago

Last Rain Event

12/18/2024 08:35:00 AM
3 days, 20 hours, 30 minutes ago


73.2°F 22°C
Computer Room  
AC Filter replacement due 3/1/25


Wind Roses
24hr          2hr

  
        
 
       last 24 hours
last 2 hours
Average  SE at 3 mph
S at 3 mph
Average Gust   6 mph
5 mph
  High Gust   10 mph
7 mph
 OUTDOOR Temperature Trends
compared to current temp of
46.0°F at 05:05 am

-0.9°F below 1 hour ago
-3.1°F below 3 hours ago
  11.2°F above 05:05 am Yesterday
  2.0°F above 05:05 am 2 days ago
 7.2°F above 05:05 am 3 days ago
-21.8°F below 05:05 am last Sunday
Rainfall Synopsis for Tonight

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          0.00 in  Week
          1.18 in  December
         30.62 in 2024




         




  Fair
⇓ falling



30.315 in Hg
1026 millibars







79%

High 81% 03:15 AM
 Low 66% 01:06 AM

8% change last 3 hrs







39.8°F 4°C
  DRY 

-0.4°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries GOOD
Last wireless signal outage
12/18/2024 12:00:00 AM

4 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase
Distance 05:05 am
246623 miles from Earth
55% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬂ SSE
bearing 147°
Currently 56° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Sunday  December 22, 2024
Moonrise 12:49:02 AM
Lunar Noon 06:13:30 AM
Moonset 12:24:00 PM

Next New 12/30/2024 04:26:42 PM
Next First Quarter 01/06/2025 05:56:12 PM
Next Full 01/13/2025 04:26:48 PM
Next Third Quarter 12/22/2024 04:18:06 PM



05:05 am CST
Direction: E @ 101°
91.4397332087 million miles from Earth
-29.2919253689° ⇓ below the horizon
Sunday  December 22, 2024
Astronomical Dawn: 05:59:09 AM
Nautical Dawn: 06:28:35 AM
Dawn: 06:57:52 AM
Sunrise: 07:26:31 AM
Solar Noon: 12:30:22 PM
Sunset: 05:34:13 PM
Dusk: 06:02:52 PM
Dark: 06:32:09 PM
Night: 07:01:35 PM

 Daylight: 10 hrs, 12 min
2 sec more than yesterday
Darkness: 13 hrs, 48 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
Northern Hemisphere

   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: 12/21/2025 09:02:48 AM



Our Solar System
Sunday  December 22, 2024   05:05 am CST
updated every 5 min

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

91.4397332087 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:24:46 AM
Set 05:35:58 PM
Bearing 101.442556949°
-29.2919253689° 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

89.0725127747 million miles  from Earth
34.2390081768 million miles from the Sun
Rise 05:43:12 AM
Set 04:12:00 PM
Bearing 107.79254967°
-8.30772045071° 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

76.2927304372 million miles from Earth
67.2817514111 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:26:45 AM
Set 09:07:43 PM
Bearing 58.2230938061°
-67.9617346191° 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

91.4397332087 million miles  from the Sun
246623 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

63.9978723054 million miles from Earth
149.019354795 million miles from the Sun
Rise 07:53:37 PM
Set 09:55:25 AM
Bearing 262.192684651°
60.3042387859° 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

383.883646815 million miles from Earth
472.164740592 million miles from the Sun
Rise 04:17:44 PM
Set 06:15:27 AM
Bearing 287.654181876°
13.5953865288° above the horizon




Rings are most likely previous moons
reduced to rubble by Saturn's gravity.
146 confirmed moons. All gases, no land
surface.

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

0.918271473244 billion mi  from Earth
0.895472843887 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 11:44:47 AM
Set 11:09:36 PM
Bearing 344.614790346°
-66.9394533758° 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

1.74407152072 billion miles  from Earth
1.8177419693 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 03:01:38 PM
Set 04:40:21 AM
Bearing 295.247029969°
-5.1086370015° 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

2.78359671748 billion miles  from Earth
2.77886673125 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 12:18:44 PM
Set 12:15:15 AM
Bearing 325.373109266°
-56.9851220191° above the horizon



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THANK YOU


Steve
Callsign W5SDC
Storm chaser, weather station mechanic, 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

Tom Keffer



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. On June 26, 2017, I started with the basic template that was included and have watched this entire weather website's template grow to 1,758 lines of HTML over the last seven years.


Elwood Downey


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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