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Alma, Texas

Town in Ellis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Alma

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 37 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Alma

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alma, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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On the radar over Alma, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Alma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ennis 7.3 SETX-EL-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/453 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bardwell LakeBDWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/433 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Corsicana, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.0 mi from Alma, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Corsicana, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CORSICANASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECorsicana, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Corsicana: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRSFIG. B THE AIR AT CORSICANATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLECorsicana, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 48 mph.

Plan of the wind at Corsicana, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRSFIG. C THE WIND AT CORSICANAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECorsicana, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Corsicana, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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