Storm Station
Preston, Texas
83°
Mostly clear· Feels like 82°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7am. Sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 88 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
41%Humidity
18%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Preston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Red River at Lake TexomaDSNT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/643 ft/70 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,282of 2,456

Sherman/DenisonGYI

At an airfield/9.5 mi away/748 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,947of 2,456

measured daily2 instruments

Pottsboro 5.9 NTX-GA-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/670 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dept Public WorksSHET2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/876 ft/163 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sherman/Denison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Preston. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 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 Sherman/Denison, 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 GYIFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHERMAN/DENISONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESherman/Denison, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sherman/Denison: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYIFIG. B THE AIR AT SHERMAN/DENISONTHE 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 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 73.8 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLESherman/Denison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sherman/Denison, north up: blowing from 170 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 GYIFIG. C THE WIND AT SHERMAN/DENISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESherman/Denison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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