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Loop, Texas

Community in Gaines County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Loop

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hobbs (NM), 43 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Loop

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Loop, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Loop, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 19.1 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

SeminoleGNC

At an airfield/21.5 mi away/3,314 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,813of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Brownfield 2.8 SETX-TE-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/3,272 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BrownfieldBNFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/20.9 mi away/3,317 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank295of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Seminole, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Loop, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 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 Seminole, 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 GNCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SEMINOLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESeminole, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GNCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Seminole: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNCFIG. B THE AIR AT SEMINOLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.8 FTEMPERATURE 56.5 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 13.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLESeminole, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Seminole, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNCFIG. C THE WIND AT SEMINOLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESeminole, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownfield (BNFT2), 20.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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

Near Loop

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

Near Loop

River and lake gauges