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Port Lavaca, Texas

City in Calhoun County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Port Lavaca

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 26 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Port Lavaca

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Port Lavaca, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Port Lavaca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Port Lavaca 6.8 WTX-CLH-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/28 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Point ComfortPTCT2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/51 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Port_Lavaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Port Lavaca, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Port_Lavaca, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKVFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORT_LAVACASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPort_Lavaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.5 F with a dew point of 72.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Port_Lavaca: temperature 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.5, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKVFIG. B THE AIR AT PORT_LAVACATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.5 F, 72.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEPort_Lavaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Port_Lavaca, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 12 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 PKVFIG. C THE WIND AT PORT_LAVACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPort_Lavaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Point Comfort (PTCT2), 6.1 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:16. measured daily

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