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Big Wells, Texas

City in Dimmit County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Big Wells

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 74 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Wells

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Big Wells, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Big Wells, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Chaparral WMATWDB-DMCWM

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.3 mi away/575 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank634of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Carrizo Springs 3.1 ESETX-DM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.1 mi away/582 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Carrizo Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Big Wells, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carrizo Springs, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CZTFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARRIZO SPRINGSSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECarrizo Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CZTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CZT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Carrizo Springs: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CZTFIG. B THE AIR AT CARRIZO SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLECarrizo Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CZTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CZT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carrizo Springs, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CZTFIG. C THE WIND AT CARRIZO SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarrizo Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CZTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CZT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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