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Copperas Cove, Texas

City in Coryell County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Copperas Cove

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 55 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Copperas Cove

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Copperas Cove, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Copperas Cove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Copperas Cove 0.5 SSWTX-CRL-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,068 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KilleenKIET2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/810 ft/280 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fort Hood/Gray AAF, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Copperas Cove, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:40 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Hood/Gray AAF, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 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

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Hood/Gray AAF: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 north (10 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Hood/Gray AAF, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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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