Storm Station
Highlands, Texas
81°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 86°·Light air 4 mph E
Mostly clear, with a low around 75. East wind around 0 mph.
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-Air quality
72%Humidity
68%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Highlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

La PorteT41

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/23 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank189of 2,452

measured daily2 instruments

Highlands 2.1 ETX-HRR-153

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/32 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BaytownBATT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/59 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at La Porte, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Highlands. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 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 La Porte, 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 T41FIG. A THE SKY OVER LA PORTESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELa Porte, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-T41-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at La Porte: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T41FIG. B THE AIR AT LA PORTETHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.5 FTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLELa Porte, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-T41-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at La Porte, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 T41FIG. C THE WIND AT LA PORTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Porte, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-T41-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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