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Carter, Texas

Community in Parker County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Carter

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 57 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone38Good20 ppb10.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carter

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Thu 11 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Poolville 2.4 STX-PR-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,303 ft/157 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WeatherfordWTFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/1,145 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,855of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Bridgeport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Carter, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 900 ft, broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bridgeport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XBPFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRIDGEPORTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBridgeport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS XBPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XBP-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

60.3 F with a dew point of 60.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Bridgeport: temperature 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XBPFIG. B THE AIR AT BRIDGEPORTTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.3 F, 60.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBridgeport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS XBPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XBP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bridgeport, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XBPFIG. C THE WIND AT BRIDGEPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBridgeport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS XBPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XBP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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