You've probably noticed by now that we have placed "current condition widgets" in the upper right hand section of the site. These widgets show the most recent airport weather observations at Austin-Bergstrom International airport (ABIA), the Georgetown airport and the San Marcos airport.
In case you didn't know, not all airport weather stations are created equal. While each of these stations are "automated", not every station reports precipitation (whether it's falling or accumulated).
Among the stations represented by the batch of widgets on our site, for example, only ABIA reports precipitation. With that in mind, you'll always see only cloud conditions at San Marcos and Georgetown. For ABIA you'll see cloud conditions (clear, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy or overcast) if no precipitation is falling, or you'll see precipitation indicated if that is occurring (most often represented as a thunderstorm, rain, snow or ice).
If you live in San Marcos or Georgetown but are away from the area and want to see if precipitation is falling there, we recommend pulling up the SCTX Aware interactive radar, which is located on the menu bar at the right side of the homepage (see the radar icon in the lower right corner of the snapshot below):
We're also working on adding an "almanac" (a fancy word for weather history) feature which will allow you to choose a particular weather variable for a particular station and plot it out on a graph over a specified period time, like in the example shown in the image below:
We plan to have this functionality online in the next day or two, and we hope you'll find it useful.
If you have a question, comment or suggestion about anything on the site, please let us know and we'll be sure to address it as soon as possible.
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