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Springlake, Texas

Town in Lamb County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Springlake

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 74 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Springlake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.92in

Visibility

How far you can see at Springlake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Springlake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Olton 0.2 WTX-LB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/3,609 ft/75 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OltonOLTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/3,615 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank62of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Plainview, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.9 mi from Springlake, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Plainview, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Plainview: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,200 feet; 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 9.0 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 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 (20 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plainview, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR 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 Olton (OLTT2), 10.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:22. measured daily

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Near Springlake

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Near Springlake

River and lake gauges