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Welch, Texas

Community in Dawson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Welch

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lubbock (TX), 49 miles off.

0Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Welch

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.79 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.79in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Welch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

LamesaLUV

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/2,991 ft/132 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank755of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Brownfield 2.8 SETX-TE-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.4 mi away/3,272 ft/149 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BrownfieldBNFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/3,317 ft/194 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank295of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Lamesa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Welch, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,000 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lamesa, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUVFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAMESASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELamesa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LUVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lamesa: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 67 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUVFIG. B THE AIR AT LAMESATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLELamesa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lamesa, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUVFIG. C THE WIND AT LAMESAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELamesa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownfield (BNFT2), 19.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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