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WEATHER, CLIMATE, SUN, MOON, TIME, SOLAR & TERRESTRIAL DATA
FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

When weather sources and government officials issue warnings regarding significant weather events, please heed these warnings for your own safety. Be especially careful about the dangers of rising water.
Also see our related Hill Country Portal focus page on Emergencies, and the related sections regarding severe weather.
Many of these weather services also have email-based alert/notification apps. Be sure to also see our list of Hill Country specific regional Alert/Notification systems and consider signing up for these free alerts.
We welcome inquiries, comments and submission of updates, additions, corrections & digital photos,
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- National Hurricane Center (NHC)
- Weather Reporting & Forecasting Tools
- Water & Flooding In Hill Country
- Fire Conditions In Hill Country
- NOAA/NWS Local Weather Forecasts
for Larger Towns In Hill Country - Very Nearby Weather Reporting
- Local And World-wide Time
- Other Terrestrial & Solar Data
- Storm Wind Scale
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NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER (NHC): nhc.noaa.gov
- Atlantic/Gulf Tropical Cyclone Activity: Current
- Atlantic/Gulf Tropical Cyclone Activity: 2 Day Outlook
- Atlantic/Gulf Tropical Cyclone Activity: 5 Day Outlook
- US Gulf Coast & Inland: Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center
- Hurricane Resources: Details, Current Satellite Imagery
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: >>>>
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: VS.
• Severe storms are possible.
• Be prepared.
• Conditions are likely for
severe thunderstorms capable of
producing large hail or damaging winds.
• Stay tuned to local radio/TV for info.
TORNADO WATCH: VS.
• A tornado is possible.
• Know where you will shelter.
• Stay tuned to local radio/TV for info.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING:
• Severe storms HAVE developed.
• Large hail or damaging wind is occurring
or will happen shortly.
• Seek shelter.
TORNADO WARNING:
• A tornado is happening or imminent.
• Take shelter immediately.

- Local NOAA Weather Forecast Office for Austin/San Antonio greater area: Forecast Desk: 830-606-3617; 2090 Airport Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78130
weather.gov/ewx. Tracks weather for 33 counties. - Storm Prediction Center: spc.noaa.gov
- Radar Image (Past 1 hr loop): Austin/San Antonio
- Satellite Image: Eastern/Central US, US
- Observed Precipitation: Map
- Forecast: Weather Pattern Graphic
- Forecast: Temperature
- Forecast: Sky Cover
- Flooding Resources: Details
- NOAA "All Hazards" Weather Radio Service (NWR): Details. Note, this NOAA FM broadcast service is not in the frequency range of the typical home FM receiver, and is usually tunable only on marine, commercial and special "emergency radios". Transmissions are on following frequencies: 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.500, 162.525, 162.550 MHz. In the Texas Hill Country, transmitters are located in Austin, Junction, Kerrville, Llano, Richland Springs, San Antonio, and Uvalde, as well as nearby in D'Hanis, Gonzales, and Seguin.
TEXAS FOREST SERVICE: 979-458-6600; tfsweb.tamu.edu. Facebook-Severe Weather Updates. View weekly fire potential report: TEXAS STORM CHASERS: texasstormchasers.com. On-line storm information, just for Texas:
- Interactive Weather: Radar
- Local Weather: Austin
- Local Weather: San Antonio
WIND CONDITIONS: US SURFACE WIND FLOWS. A great web site that shows current wind flows in the USA. Also see WORLD-WIDE WIND. Read more about Wind and about Wind Power
WORLD WEATHER CONDITIONS: CONDITIONS. Includes temperature, perceived temperature, precipitation, radar, satellite, clouds, wind speed and gusts, air pressure, thunderstorms, humidity, waves, snow cover, air quality.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS: US Map; Southern US; Texas
POLLEN COUNT FORECAST: pollen.com/forecast.asp. Enter zip code to narrow results to your specific geographic area of interest. Options for extended forecasts, and alert system.
SEISMIC MONITOR: ds.iris.edu/seismon. Interactive display of earthquakes; zoom from worldwide to local, for today, yesterday and through past 5 years.
OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER REPORTING WEB SITES: Since weather presentation can be very different from one service to the next, take your pick from these major weather reporters: accuweather.com; intellicast.com; weather.weatherbug.com; my-cast.com; weather.com; forecast.io; weatherplaza.com; weather.unisys.com
Note, most of these services obtain their core weather data from NOAA/NWS, and often augment that with local radar and weather spotter sources.
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS: Some of the regional Council Of Governments (See COG) organizations provide a free alert system covering public emergencies and weather. They send alert to your choice of destinations: email, phone, text, etc.
- CAPCOG Emergency Alert System: Warn Central Texas, Code Red:
512-916-6000; Web. Counties Served: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, Williamson. - CTCOG Code Red Emergency Alerts: 836-939-0911; Web Sign-Up. Counties Served: Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, San Saba.

- AUSTIN:
- SAN ANTONIO:
- OTHERS:
- SPACE CITY: Weather

USGS TEXAS WATER DASHBOARD: txpub.usgs.gov/txwaterdashboard. Texas Water Science Center. Reporting on rain, flooding. Maps. Graphic Water Information System (GWIS). Lower Colorado Drought Visualization Story map.
ATX FLOODING, LOW WATER CROSSING CLOSURE & ROAD CLOSURES: ATXFloods.com. Covers: Caldwell County, Cedar Park, Hays County, Leander, Marble Falls, Rollingwood, Round Rock, Sunset Valley, Travis County, Williamson County (and Caldwell & Bastrop counties). Alert system available.

- FLOOD STATUS REPORTING: Details
- HILL COUNTRY LAKE & RIVER LEVELS, FORECASTS & LINKS: Details
- HILL COUNTRY HYDROLOGIC DATA (stream flow, rainfall): Details

- Current Burn Bans By County: Click Map
- Texas Wildfire Incident Response System: public.tfswildfires.com, from TFS, displays current status of wildfires in Texas
- NOAA Forecast: Fire Conditions in Austin, San Antonio
- Texas Forest Service (TFS) Predictive Services: Fire Conditions in Texas
- Also see drought and wind conditions above.
FOR LARGER TOWNS IN HILL COUNTRY

WEATHER UNDERGROUND: wunderground.com. Weather reporting and forecasts customizable to your nearest neighborhood participating data reporting station. Plus a full and excellent suite of weather information services.
TIME AND DATE: Extensive world time zone displays, location date & time, calendars, clocks, calculators, apps and more, at: Time & Date
US NAVAL OBSERVATORY DATA:
- US TIME ZONES: Map
- WORLD TIME ZONES: Map
- UNIVERSAL TIME & GMT: Definition
- DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: Definition & Dates
- TIME & DATE: By city, world-wide, accurate and reliable local times, time zone info, DST switches, time calculators, calendars, astronomical events, live eclipse streams.
CURRENT MOON
Moon Phases
US NAVAL OBSERVATORY - SUN & MOON RISE & SET TIMES: Tables
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day: Chart
- Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year: Chart
- Phases Of The Moon: Chart
- What The Moon Looks Like Now: Chart, Graphic 2
- Day and Night Across the Earth: Chart
AIR POLLUTION WORLD-WIDE VIDEO: View. Stunning NASA video of GEOS5 aerosols (in color, on YouTube), indicating that "air pollution from Asia strengthens extratropical cyclones, a type of storm system that drives much of our country's weather". Video shows pollution streams over a multi-year period indicated by the dates displayed.
AIR QUALITY: Web. High ozone and particle pollution, by county within Texas. Presented by American Lung Assn.
NATIONAL RADIATION: Map depicting environmental radiation levels across the USA, updated in real time every minute.
THE SKY ABOVE YOU, INTERACTIVE PLANETARIUM: Shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date, defaulted here to Austin, TX, but customizable. View
REAL-TIME SOLAR DATA:
SMARTPHONE APPS:
- LUNASOLCAL: A fantastic app for getting all types of SOLARdata, on Android or IOS, while on the go: Calculate times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset for your location at any date; shows Solar noon (when the SUN is due South of your location); and much more: vvse.com/products/en/lunasolcal.html
- NOAA’s CROWDMAG MAGNETIC CALCULATOR: Provides magnetic variation (declination), the magnetic field’s dip angle, the total magnetic field and other magnetic field components (as well as their associated uncertainties) based on the latest World Magnetic Model (WMM2020); and shows actual NORTH on your phone: ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/crowdmag.shtml
PC-BASED APPS:
- SOLAR NOON: Display or print for your location: www.solar-noon.com
SPACE WEATHER: Space; Daily News; Observers
CURRENT AURORAL FORECAST BY NOAA: Graphic. The OVATION model is a 30-40 minute aurora forecast using data provided by the ACE spacecraft. Using the latest real-time solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) data, a forecast for a visual aurora displays intensity and location is automatically created. If you are located within the red view line area, then it may be possible to witness visual aurora when looking to the northern sky if viewing conditions are good.
NOAA SPACE WEATHER SEVERITY SCALES: Storm Scales. Summary rating system, from 1 (minor) to 5 (extreme), regarding solar storm impact on navigation systems and radio communications. Three scales: G=Geomagnetic Storms; S=Solar Radiation Storms; R=Radio Blackouts
TD: Tropical Depression; TS: Tropical Storm
SKYWARN: skywarn.org. A volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Local training opportunities are presented at srh.noaa.gov
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING TO NOAA: Anyone can submit their storm observations (including photos) at srh.noaa.gov/StormReport/SubmitReport.php?site=EWX, or to the Storm Prediction Center at: spc.noaa.gov, or via email: sr-ewx.alert@noaa.gov, or via Twitter using: @NWSSanAntonio and #ewxspotter
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING TO LOCAL 911: Anyone can submit their storm observations by calling 911.
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING TO TV MEDIA: Anyone can submit their storm observations by phone, text and email to local radio and TV stations listed above. No guarantee as to how your report will be processed. You might get your name in the news as a credit for the submission. Typical are pictures of clouds, lightning, hail, flooding, wind damage, etc. Check their website above for reporting address.
RAINFALL REPORTING TO COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK: Anyone can submit their rainfall data to CoCoRAHS, which tracks this for flooding and drought analysis. cocorahs.org
Stay tuned for more.
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