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LaCoste, Texas

City in Medina County, Texas

Air quality

The air at LaCoste

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 21 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at LaCoste

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at LaCoste, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest LaCoste, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lacoste 1.7 NWTX-MDN-96

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/722 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PoteetPOTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.2 mi away/463 ft/249 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Castroville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from LaCoste, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Castroville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CVBFIG. A THE SKY OVER CASTROVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 2,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECastroville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CVBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Castroville: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CVBFIG. B THE AIR AT CASTROVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 55.4 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLECastroville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CVBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Castroville, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CVBFIG. C THE WIND AT CASTROVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECastroville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CVBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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