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Opdyke West, Texas

Town in Hockley County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Opdyke West

Index 1, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lubbock (TX), 26 miles off.

1Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Opdyke West

None in the last 24 hours; 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.74in

Visibility

How far you can see at Opdyke West, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Opdyke West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LevellandS2105

At a soil climate station/5.0 mi away/3,510 ft/40 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,700of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

LevellandLLLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/3,504 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank53of 4,689

Ropesville 5.8 NNWTX-HCK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/3,402 ft/68 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Levelland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Opdyke West, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Levelland, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEVELLANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 3,800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELevelland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Levelland: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLNFIG. B THE AIR AT LEVELLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLELevelland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 23 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Levelland, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 23 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLNFIG. C THE WIND AT LEVELLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELevelland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Levelland (LLLT2), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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