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Lackland AFB, Texas

Community in Bexar County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Lackland AFB

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 9 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lackland AFB

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Lackland AFB, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lackland AFB, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lackland AFB, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

San Antonio 10.5 SWTX-BXR-258

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/743 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PoteetPOTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.8 mi away/463 ft/305 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kelly AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Lackland AFB, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kelly AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKFFIG. A THE SKY OVER KELLY AFBSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKelly AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SKFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Kelly AFB: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKFFIG. B THE AIR AT KELLY AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEKelly AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kelly AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKFFIG. C THE WIND AT KELLY AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKelly AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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