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Salineño North, Texas

Community in Starr County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Salineño North

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 72 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Salineño North

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Salineño North, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Salineño North, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ZapataAPY

At an airfield/32.0 mi away/422 ft/92 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,121of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Roma 2.2 ETX-ST-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/189 ft/141 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Zapata, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.0 mi from Salineño North, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Zapata, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ZAPATASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEZapata, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

74.7 F with a dew point of 67.3 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Zapata: temperature 74.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.3, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. B THE AIR AT ZAPATATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 74.7 FDEW POINT 67.3 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEZapata, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Zapata, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. C THE WIND AT ZAPATAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEZapata, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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