Storm Station
Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
82°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 87°·Gentle breeze 12 mph ESE
A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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72%Humidity
63%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bolivar Peninsula, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Galveston/ScholesGLS

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/52 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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High Island 8NNWHILT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/14 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank196of 2,453

measured daily2 instruments

Crystal Beach 2.2 ENETX-GV-92

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/7 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BaytownBATT2

At a cooperative observer's station/33.2 mi away/59 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at High Island 8NNW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.3 mi from Bolivar Peninsula. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:12 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 71.4 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at High Island 8NNW: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.4, 95 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HILT2FIG. B THE AIR AT HIGH ISLAND 8NNWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.0 F, 71.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEHigh Island 8NNW, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP HILT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HILT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (39 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 5 mph.

Plan of the wind at High Island 8NNW, north up: blowing from 39 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HILT2FIG. C THE WIND AT HIGH ISLAND 8NNWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 39°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHigh Island 8NNW, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP HILT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HILT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 14 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.91 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 73.0 F, 14.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where High Island 8NNW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 14 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HILT2FIG. D WHERE HIGH ISLAND 8NNW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREHIGH ISLAND 8NNW0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT14 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLEHigh Island 8NNW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP HILT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HILT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of High Island 8NNW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near Bolivar Peninsula

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