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Lucas, Texas

City in Collin County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Lucas

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 25 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone19Good23 ppb11.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lucas

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lucas, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lucas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mc KinneyTKI

At an airfield/5.9 mi away/587 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank30of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Lucas 0.7 NNETX-CLL-129

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/580 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lavon ReservoirLVNT2

At a reservoir/7.5 mi away/482 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mc Kinney, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Lucas, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mc Kinney, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MC KINNEYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMc Kinney, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mc Kinney: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. B THE AIR AT MC KINNEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEMc Kinney, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mc Kinney, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. C THE WIND AT MC KINNEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMc Kinney, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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