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San Carlos, Texas

Community in Hidalgo County, Texas

Air quality

The air at San Carlos

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 25 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at San Carlos

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at San Carlos, the next 42 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest San Carlos, 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

WeslacoTXW

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/70 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank752of 4,689

WeslacoS2205

At a soil climate station/12.0 mi away/57 ft/20 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,860of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

EdinburgEDIT2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/105 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,964of 4,689

Edinburg 0.3 SSWTX-HDL-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/100 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Weslaco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from San Carlos, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM 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 Weslaco, 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 TXWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WESLACOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWeslaco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.3 F with a dew point of 68.5 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Weslaco: temperature 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.5, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TXWFIG. B THE AIR AT WESLACOTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FTEMPERATURE 72.3 FDEW POINT 68.5 FSPREAD 3.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEWeslaco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Weslaco, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TXWFIG. C THE WIND AT WESLACOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWeslaco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Edinburg (EDIT2), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near San Carlos

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