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La Ward, Texas

City in Jackson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at La Ward

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 31 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Ward

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 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
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Ward, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over La Ward, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest La Ward, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Edna 6.0 ESETX-JK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/49 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Point ComfortPTCT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/51 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Palacios Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from La Ward, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Palacios Municipal, 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 PSXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALACIOS MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPalacios Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 72.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Palacios Municipal: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSXFIG. B THE AIR AT PALACIOS MUNICIPALTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.0 FTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 72.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEPalacios Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Palacios Municipal, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, 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 PSXFIG. C THE WIND AT PALACIOS MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPalacios Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 13.4 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:16. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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