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Hilltop Lakes, Texas

Community in Leon County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Hilltop Lakes

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 64 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hilltop Lakes

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Hilltop Lakes, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Hilltop Lakes, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hilltop Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BrazosCFD

At an airfield/26.1 mi away/336 ft/129 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank811of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Hilltop Lakes 0.3 WTX-LN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/475 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CentervilleCVLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/315 ft/150 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,970of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Brazos, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.1 mi from Hilltop Lakes, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Brazos, 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 CFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRAZOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBrazos, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Brazos: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFDFIG. B THE AIR AT BRAZOSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.8 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEBrazos, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Brazos, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 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 CFDFIG. C THE WIND AT BRAZOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrazos, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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