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Buchanan Dam, Texas

Community in Llano County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Buchanan Dam

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 55 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buchanan Dam

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Buchanan Dam, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buchanan Dam, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Buchanan Dam 2.9 SSWTX-LL-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,024 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LlanoLLWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/999 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Llano_Muni_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Buchanan Dam, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Llano_Muni_Arpt, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AQOFIG. A THE SKY OVER LLANO_MUNI_ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELlano_Muni_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AQOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AQO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Llano_Muni_Arpt: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AQOFIG. B THE AIR AT LLANO_MUNI_ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLELlano_Muni_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AQOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AQO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Llano_Muni_Arpt, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AQOFIG. C THE WIND AT LLANO_MUNI_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELlano_Muni_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AQOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AQO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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