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West Lake Hills, Texas

City in Travis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at West Lake Hills

Index 37, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 5 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)37Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at West Lake Hills

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Lake Hills, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over West Lake Hills, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest West Lake Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Austin 3.7 WSWTX-TV-451

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/738 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from West Lake Hills, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin - City/Camp Mabry, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYSECTION, 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 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Austin - City/Camp Mabry: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 26.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Austin - City/Camp Mabry, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin - Great Hills (AGHT2), 9.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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