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Taft Southwest, Texas

Community in San Patricio County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Taft Southwest

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 12 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Taft Southwest

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Taft Southwest, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Taft Southwest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

La QuintaNDBC-LQAT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank4,443of 4,689

SintonT69

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/59 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,698of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Portland 1.9 NETX-SP-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/32 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Taft Southwest, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,600 ft, broken at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Sinton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. A THE SKY OVER SINTONSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 4,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLESinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 73.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Sinton: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 73.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. B THE AIR AT SINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.2 F, 73.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLESinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sinton, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. C THE WIND AT SINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Welder Wild Life nears Woodsboro (WODT2), 8.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Taft Southwest

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Taft Southwest

River and lake gauges