Storm Station
Briarcliff, Texas
77°
Mostly clear· Feels like 77°·Light air 4 mph SE
Mostly sunny. High near 99, with temperatures falling to around 95 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 103. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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-Air quality
60%Humidity
37%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Briarcliff, 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 now3 instruments

Lakeway 6WSCWT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/919 ft/142 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank323of 2,456

Lago VistaRYW

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/1,231 ft/454 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 2,456

Austin 33 NW23907

At a climate reference station/14.8 mi away/1,361 ft/584 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Briarcliff 0.7 WTX-TV-503

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/913 ft/136 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Dripping Springs 6EDIPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/1,112 ft/335 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lago Vista, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Briarcliff. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lago Vista, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYWFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAGO VISTASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELago Vista, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.6 F with a dew point of 69.4 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lago Vista: temperature 73.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.4, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYWFIG. B THE AIR AT LAGO VISTATHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.4 FTEMPERATURE 73.6 FDEW POINT 69.4 FSPREAD 4.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLELago Vista, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lago Vista, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYWFIG. C THE WIND AT LAGO VISTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELago Vista, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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