Storm Station
Gatesville, Texas
76°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 76°·Light breeze 4 mph SE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 96, with temperatures falling to around 92 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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58%Humidity
50%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Gatesville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

GatesvilleGOP

At an airfield/4.8 mi away/906 ft/89 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank28of 2,457

Ireland 1ESEIRLT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.0 mi away/1,047 ft/230 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank966of 2,457

measured daily2 instruments

Valley Mills 12.3 WSWTX-CRL-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/994 ft/177 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CrawfordCWFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/722 ft/95 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gatesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from Gatesville. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 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 Gatesville, 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 GOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER GATESVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGatesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gatesville: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GOPFIG. B THE AIR AT GATESVILLETHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.7 FTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 71.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEGatesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GOP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gatesville, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, 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 GOPFIG. C THE WIND AT GATESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGatesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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