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Granite Shoals, Texas

City in Burnet County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Granite Shoals

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 44 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Granite Shoals

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Granite Shoals, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Granite Shoals, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Granite Shoals, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Granite Shoals 1.2 ESETX-BRT-136

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/863 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BurnetBURT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/1,270 ft/425 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,457of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Horseshoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Granite Shoals, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Horseshoe, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHorseshoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DZB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.5 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Horseshoe: temperature 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 72.5 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DZB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Horseshoe, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHorseshoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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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