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Cottonwood Shores, Texas

City in Burnet County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Cottonwood Shores

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 40 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cottonwood Shores

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cottonwood Shores, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cottonwood Shores, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

HorseshoeDZB

At an airfield/2.9 mi away/1,093 ft/263 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank628of 4,723

measured daily2 instruments

Marble Falls 2.3 SWTX-BRT-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/766 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BurnetBURT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/1,270 ft/440 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,406of 4,723

Station report

The weather at Horseshoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Cottonwood Shores, Texas. From its report of Oct 19, 2026, 10:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Horseshoe, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DZBFIG. A THE SKY OVER HORSESHOESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHorseshoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-19IDSR-DZB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.8 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Horseshoe: temperature 64.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DZBFIG. B THE AIR AT HORSESHOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FTEMPERATURE 64.8 FDEW POINT 44.8 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEHorseshoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-19IDSR-DZB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Horseshoe, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DZBFIG. C THE WIND AT HORSESHOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHorseshoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-19IDSR-DZB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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