Storm Station
Lake Kiowa, Texas
86°
Clear· Feels like 85°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am. Partly cloudy. Low around 73, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
-UV
-Air quality
41%Humidity
5%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lake Kiowa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

GainesvilleGLE

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/840 ft/130 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,733of 2,452

measured daily2 instruments

Gainesville 6.9 SETX-COO-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/777 ft/67 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GainesvilleGAVT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/673 ft/37 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gainesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Lake Kiowa. 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 Gainesville, 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 GLEFIG. A THE SKY OVER GAINESVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGainesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

74.7 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gainesville: temperature 74.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLEFIG. B THE AIR AT GAINESVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FTEMPERATURE 74.7 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 12.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEGainesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gainesville, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, 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 GLEFIG. C THE WIND AT GAINESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGainesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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