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Austwell, Texas

City in Refugio County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Austwell

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 31 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Austwell

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Austwell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Austwell 0.2 ESETX-RF-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/24 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AustwellATWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/35 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank63of 4,734

Station report

The weather at Port_Lavaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.7 mi from Austwell, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 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 Port_Lavaca, 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 PKVFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORT_LAVACASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPort_Lavaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PKV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Port_Lavaca: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKVFIG. B THE AIR AT PORT_LAVACATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.6 FTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 24.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEPort_Lavaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PKV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 22 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Port_Lavaca, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKVFIG. C THE WIND AT PORT_LAVACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPort_Lavaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PKV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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