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Forest Heights, Texas

Community in Orange County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Forest Heights

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 11 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good10.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good12 ppb10.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Forest Heights

None in the last 24 hours; 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Forest Heights, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forest Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OrangeORG

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/13 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,200of 4,689

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/33.8 mi away/19 ft/7 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,694of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

OrangeORET2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/47 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank274of 4,689

Orange 7.1 NNWTX-OR-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/24 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Orange, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Forest Heights, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 PM 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 Orange, 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 ORGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORANGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOrange, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ORGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

74.5 F with a dew point of 72.3 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Orange: temperature 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.3, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORGFIG. B THE AIR AT ORANGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 74.5 F, 72.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEOrange, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Orange, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORGFIG. C THE WIND AT ORANGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrange, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Orange, 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 Forest Heights

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

Near Forest Heights

River and lake gauges