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Chico, Texas

City in Wise County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Chico

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Ardmore (OK), 65 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-

The days ahead

Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chico

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chico, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chico, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bridgeport 2.4 ETX-WS-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/752 ft/176 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Runaway BayRNAT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/912 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bridgeport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Chico, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bridgeport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 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

The air

57.6 F with a dew point of 55.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bridgeport: temperature 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.6 F, 55.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 (360 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bridgeport, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG 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

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Chico

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Chico

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