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Briggs, Texas

Community in Burnet County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Briggs

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 45 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 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 Briggs

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Briggs, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Briggs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Briggs 3.3 NETX-BRT-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/999 ft/109 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BertramBTMT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/1,122 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank4,255of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Fort Hood/Gray AAF, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Briggs, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Hood/Gray AAF, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT HOOD/GRAY AAFSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Hood/Gray AAF, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GRKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 64.6 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Hood/Gray AAF: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.6, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT HOOD/GRAY AAFTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 64.6 FSPREAD 10.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEFort Hood/Gray AAF, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Hood/Gray AAF, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT HOOD/GRAY AAFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Hood/Gray AAF, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Hood/Gray AAF, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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