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Grand Prairie, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Grand Prairie

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 15 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone44Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Grand Prairie

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 Grand Prairie, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Grand Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Grand Prairie 3.0 NTX-DA-118

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/524 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Joe Pool LakeJPLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/545 ft/5 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grand_Prairie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from Grand Prairie, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,000 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 4,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grand_Prairie, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 4,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPMFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND_PRAIRIESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrand_Prairie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GPMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 60.4 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand_Prairie: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.4, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPMFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND_PRAIRIETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 60.4 FSPREAD 15.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLEGrand_Prairie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand_Prairie, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 7 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 GPMFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND_PRAIRIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand_Prairie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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