Storm Station
Garden City, Texas
72°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 9 mph ENE
Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
87%Humidity
72%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Garden City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

St Lawrence 5SW MesonetGCMT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.0 mi away/2,690 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank966of 2,457

Big_SpringBPG

At an airfield/24.1 mi away/2,572 ft/82 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank28of 2,457

measured daily2 instruments

Garden City 15.8 SWTX-GL-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.9 mi away/2,713 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sterling City 8NWWCXT2

At a cooperative observer's station/25.0 mi away/2,454 ft/200 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Big_Spring, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Garden City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:35 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 Big_Spring, 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 BPGFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG_SPRINGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBig_Spring, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BPG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.3 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Big_Spring: temperature 69.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG_SPRINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FTEMPERATURE 69.3 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 6.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEBig_Spring, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BPG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Big_Spring, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG_SPRINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBig_Spring, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BPG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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