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Lake Cherokee, Texas

Community in Rusk County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Lake Cherokee

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 37 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good35 ppb2.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Cherokee

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Cherokee, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Cherokee, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Longview 11.5 SSETX-GG-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/329 ft/46 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Longview 11SEGGGT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/394 ft/111 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Longview/Gregg Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Lake Cherokee, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Longview/Gregg Co., height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGGFIG. A THE SKY OVER LONGVIEW/GREGG CO.SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELongview/Gregg Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Longview/Gregg Co.: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGGFIG. B THE AIR AT LONGVIEW/GREGG CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 30.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLELongview/Gregg Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Longview/Gregg Co., north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGGFIG. C THE WIND AT LONGVIEW/GREGG CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELongview/Gregg Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Longview/Gregg Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Longview 11SE (GGGT2), 1.6 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lake Cherokee

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Lake Cherokee

River and lake gauges