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Mentone, Texas

Community in Loving County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Mentone

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 60 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mentone

None in the last 24 hours; 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mentone, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Mentone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 17.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PecosPEQ

At an airfield/23.2 mi away/2,612 ft/75 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,512of 4,734

measured daily1 instrument

Pecos 0.6 WSWTX-RV-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/2,603 ft/84 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Pecos, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Mentone, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 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 Pecos, 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 PEQFIG. A THE SKY OVER PECOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPecos, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PEQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PEQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.8 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pecos: temperature 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PEQFIG. B THE AIR AT PECOSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.3 FTEMPERATURE 53.8 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 22.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEPecos, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PEQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PEQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pecos, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PEQFIG. C THE WIND AT PECOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPecos, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PEQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PEQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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River and lake gauges