Radar Base, Texas Weather
Radar Base, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Radar Base, Maverick County.
Full aviation weather for Radar Base is published on the Laughlin Air Force Base (KDLF) page, 61 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KDLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 61 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Radar Base specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Radar Base.
About Radar Base, Texas
Radar Base spreads across a land where the sun, a relentless golden eye, presses its heat into the scrubby earth and the distant, hazy mountains. It lies 10.4 miles north-north-west of Eagle Pass, TX (from Eagle Pass, TX: bearing 349°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-north-west of Elm Creek. The terrain, a patchwork of pale grasses and tenacious mesquite, rolls out in broad, unhurried strokes, punctuated by the occasional, stoic silhouette of a lone windmill. Even the air seems to carry a certain dryness, a whisper of dust lifted by the infrequent breeze, and at the edge of the day, the sky bleeds into hues of bruised purple and fiery orange, a silent, spectacular performance for an audience of very few. This is a place with a singular purpose etched into its very being, a legacy of watchful vigilance that still hums faintly beneath the surface. While the immediate landscape might suggest a quiet agricultural existence, the echoes of its past as a strategic sentinel remain. The local economy, though perhaps modest, is rooted in the hardy spirit of its people, accustomed to the wide-open spaces and the challenges of this semi-arid climate. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling marketplaces, but rather a quiet dignity in the way life unfolds, a steady rhythm dictated by the sun and the seasons, a testament to resilience in the heart of Maverick County.
Live animated radar for Radar Base and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Radar Base, Maverick County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.8568°N, 100.5336°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78852 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Radar Base, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Radar Base, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Radar Base includes coordinates 28.856800°N, 100.533600°W, situated in Maverick County. ZIP code 78852. Telephone area code: 512, 830. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
