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Grand Saline, Texas

City in Van Zandt County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Grand Saline

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 33 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grand Saline

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grand Saline, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Grand Saline, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Grand Saline 0.8 NTX-VZ-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/469 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MineolaMNLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/456 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mineola/Quitman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Grand Saline, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 19,000 ft; the ceiling is 19,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mineola/Quitman, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 19,000 feet, the ceiling at 19,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JDDFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINEOLA/QUITMANSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 19,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 19,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMineola/Quitman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JDDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JDD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

74.0 F with a dew point of 67.3 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 19,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mineola/Quitman: temperature 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.3, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 19,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JDDFIG. B THE AIR AT MINEOLA/QUITMANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 19,000 FTTEMPERATURE 74.0 FDEW POINT 67.3 FSPREAD 6.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEMineola/Quitman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JDDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JDD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mineola/Quitman, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, 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 JDDFIG. C THE WIND AT MINEOLA/QUITMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMineola/Quitman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JDDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JDD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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