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Briarcliff, Texas

Village in Travis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Briarcliff

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 21 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good22.5 mi
  • Ozone38Good28 ppb11.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good22.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Briarcliff

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Briarcliff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

BalconesBNET2

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/1,037 ft/260 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,593of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Briarcliff 0.7 WTX-TV-503

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/913 ft/136 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lago Vista, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Briarcliff, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Lago Vista, 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 RYWFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAGO VISTASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELago Vista, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

74.5 F with a dew point of 62.8 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lago Vista: temperature 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYWFIG. B THE AIR AT LAGO VISTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.1 FTEMPERATURE 74.5 FDEW POINT 62.8 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLELago Vista, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lago Vista, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 RYWFIG. C THE WIND AT LAGO VISTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELago Vista, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Briarcliff

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