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Watauga, Texas

City in Tarrant County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Watauga

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 28 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb4.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Watauga

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Watauga, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Watauga, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

KellerTCEQ-17

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/833 ft/180 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,078of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Watauga 1.0 SSETX-TN-133

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/632 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Worth/Meacham, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Watauga, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Worth/Meacham, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTWFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT WORTH/MEACHAMSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Worth/Meacham, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FTWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Worth/Meacham: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTWFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT WORTH/MEACHAMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEFort Worth/Meacham, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Worth/Meacham, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTWFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT WORTH/MEACHAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Worth/Meacham, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Worth/Meacham, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at NWS Fort Worth (FWDT2), 4.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near Watauga

River and lake gauges