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Seth Ward, Texas

Community in Hale County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Seth Ward

Index 1, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lubbock (TX), 43 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 Seth Ward

None in the last 24 hours; 0.37 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
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Seth Ward, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Seth Ward, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

DowntownPVWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/3,373 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,468of 4,689

Plainview 0.96 ESETX-HLE-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/3,373 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Plainview, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Seth Ward, 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 Plainview, 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 PVWFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLAINVIEWSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPlainview, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

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.

Chart of the air at Plainview: 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVWFIG. B THE AIR AT PLAINVIEWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.6 FTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLEPlainview, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plainview, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVWFIG. C THE WIND AT PLAINVIEWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlainview, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Downtown (PVWT2), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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