Storm Station
Falcon Heights, Texas
81°
Mostly clear· Feels like 83°·Light air 4 mph SE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
63%Humidity
21%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Falcon Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Falcon Lake RAWSFART2

A remote fire weather station/0.9 mi away/344 ft/72 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank250of 2,453

ZapataAPY

At an airfield/29.3 mi away/422 ft/150 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank209of 2,453

measured daily2 instruments

Roma 2.2 ETX-ST-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/189 ft/83 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Zapata, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.3 mi from Falcon Heights. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 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 Zapata, 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 APYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ZAPATASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEZapata, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-APY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Zapata: temperature 77.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. B THE AIR AT ZAPATATHE 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 F90 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.0 FTEMPERATURE 77.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 7.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEZapata, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-APY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Zapata, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. C THE WIND AT ZAPATAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEZapata, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-APY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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