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Sunset, Texas

Community in Montague County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Sunset

Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Ardmore (OK), 54 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-

The days ahead

Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sunset

1.65 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.65in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sunset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Bowie0F2

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/1,101 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,357of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Bowie 5.9 ESETX-MNT-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/1,064 ft/70 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BowieBOWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/1,060 ft/66 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bowie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Sunset, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,200 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bowie, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0F2FIG. A THE SKY OVER BOWIESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBowie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0F2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0F2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.7 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bowie: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.7, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0F2FIG. B THE AIR AT BOWIETHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEBowie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0F2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0F2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bowie, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, 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 0F2FIG. C THE WIND AT BOWIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBowie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0F2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0F2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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