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Saturday  July 27, 2024
Week 30 of 52
Day 209 of 365


Central Daylight Time
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Today/Tonight
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 75.4°F 12:00 AM
73.9°F 01:50 AM
High/Low Humidity
 98% 01:37 AM
95% 12:00 AM
High/Low Dewpoint
 73.9°F 12:00 AM
73.2°F 01:32 AM
High/Low Pressure 29.985 in 01:42 AM
29.972 in 12:00 AM
Highest Wind Gust 7 mph 01:04 AM
Average Wind 3 mph
Average Direction S @ 184°
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 99.1°F Jul 21
70.3°F Jul 24
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jul 21
46% Jul 21
High/Low Dewpoint
 79.3°F Jul 21
69.1°F Jul 21
High/Low Pressure 30.126 in Jul 24
29.901 in Jul 26
Highest Wind Gust 18 mph Jul 21
Average Wind 3 mph
Average Direction S @ 185°
Rainfall 2.06 in

 

July

High/Low Temp 101.8°F Jul 05
70.3°F Jul 24
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jul 06
38% Jul 02
High/Low Dewpoint
 80.4°F Jul 06
64.5°F Jul 06
High/Low Pressure 30.177 in Jul 13
29.751 in Jul 08
Highest Wind Gust 22 mph Jul 08
Average Wind 4 mph
Average Direction S @ 190°
Rainfall 7.03 in


2024

High/Low Temp 101.8°F Jun 27
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 6 mph
Average Direction S @ 190°
Rainfall 25.99 in

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000



        

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

Saturday Morning Report
01:50 am
Updated every 5 minutes

ELEV 1037 FT
30.5529° N   -97.8615° W





Light Breeze

with Light Breeze gusts















73.9°F 23°CSSW0.00 in
0.0 mm
feels like 81.5°F

oppressive humidity
204°since midnight
High: 75.4°F 12:00 AM
 Low: 73.9°F 01:50 AM		3 to 5 mph
5 to 7 kph

Last Rain Event

07/23/2024 02:30:00 PM
3 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes ago


74.3°F 23°C
Computer Room  



Wind Roses
 courtesy of findu.com

        
 

last 24 hrs
        
last 2 hrs
Average     3 mph
4 mph
Avg Gust   5 mph
5 mph
High Gust   7 mph
7 mph
+/- Outdoor Temp Trends last 48 hours
-0.9°F 1 hr ago
-2.2°F 3 hrs ago
-8.6°F 12 hrs ago
1.8°F 24 hrs ago
-0.9°F 48 hrs ago
Rainfall Synopsis
for 07/27/24
            0.00 in Since Midnight
      0.00 in  Yesterday
2.06 in  Week
  7.03 in  Month
25.99 in  Year




         



  Change


29.985 in Hg
1015 millibars
⇑ rising
0.029 in Hg last 3 hrs






98%

High: 98% 01:37 AM
 Low: 95% 12:00 AM

6% change last 3 hrs











73.3°F 22°C
oppressive


-0.3°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Last signal outage logged
06/17/2024 09:00:00 PM

39 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes ago

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HEAVENLY BODIES



Moon Phase
Distance 01:50 am
228262 miles from Earth
60% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⇨ E
bearing 90°
Currently 20° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Saturday  July 27, 2024
Moonrise 12:09:04 AM
Lunar Noon 06:45:38 AM
Moonset 01:31:14 PM

Next New 08/04/2024 06:12:56 AM
Next First Quarter 08/12/2024 10:18:42 AM
Next Full 08/19/2024 01:25:41 PM
Next Third Quarter 07/27/2024 09:51:28 PM



01:50 am CDT
Direction: N @ 3°
94.3999749124 million miles from Earth
-40.2859959324° ⇓ below the horizon
Saturday  July 27, 2024
Dawn: 06:19:40 AM
Sunrise: 06:46:37 AM
Solar Noon: 01:37:58 PM
Sunset: 08:28:57 PM
Dusk: 08:55:51 PM

 Daylight: 13 hrs, 43 min
-44 sec less than yesterday
Darkness: 10 hrs, 17 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: 09/22/2024 07:43:29 AM
    Winter Solstice: 12/21/2024 03:20:18 AM



Our Solar System
Saturday  July 27, 2024   01:50 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

94.3999749124 million miles  from Earth
Rise 06:46:37 AM
Set 08:28:57 PM
Bearing 3.72304647034°
-40.2859959324° 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

73.0086851136 million miles  from Earth
43.3810611264 million miles from the Sun
Rise 08:53:51 AM
Set 09:41:13 PM
Bearing 328.2895454°
-44.8048866533° 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

153.898272293 million miles from Earth
66.8361377473 million miles from the Sun
Rise 07:55:33 AM
Set 09:20:44 PM
Bearing 344.558427625°
-41.5916412338° 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

94.3999749124 million miles  from the Sun
228262 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

150.675882742 million miles from Earth
132.396375539 million miles from the Sun
Rise 02:26:27 AM
Set 04:12:59 PM
Bearing 60.8922429413°
-7.54702349982° 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

521.307051113 million miles from Earth
467.975428066 million miles from the Sun
Rise 03:01:10 AM
Set 04:53:58 PM
Bearing 54.0520304687°
-13.7374305578° 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

0.829404361513 billion mi  from Earth
0.899587513479 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 10:40:47 PM
Set 10:17:52 AM
Bearing 126.638687665°
36.5386058141° 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

1.85325232583 billion miles  from Earth
1.82004082983 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 01:57:25 AM
Set 03:35:29 PM
Bearing 66.2778197811°
-1.14102707019° 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

2.72404796741 billion miles  from Earth
2.77922664848 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 11:07:50 PM
Set 11:08:49 AM
Bearing 114.149918994°
32.672363574° 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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