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Santel, Texas

Community in Starr County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Santel

Index 42, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 75 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)42Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Santel

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Santel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rio Grande City 1.6 NWTX-ST-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/240 ft/66 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Falcon Lake RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.9 mi from Santel, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:11 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 60.1 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Falcon Lake RAWS: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.1, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FART2FIG. B THE AIR AT FALCON LAKE RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.9 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 60.1 FSPREAD 9.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEFalcon Lake RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FART2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FART2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Falcon Lake RAWS, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FART2FIG. C THE WIND AT FALCON LAKE RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFalcon Lake RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FART2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FART2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 344 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.55 inHg and the temperature at 57.8 F; it reports 70.0 F, 12.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Falcon Lake RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 344 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.55 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FART2FIG. D WHERE FALCON LAKE RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFALCON LAKE RAWS1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT344 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.55 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLEFalcon Lake RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FART2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FART2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Falcon Lake RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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