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Blue Ridge, Arizona

Community in Coconino County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Blue Ridge

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Flagstaff (AZ), 47 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Ridge

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Ridge, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Blue Ridge, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PaysonPAN

At an airfield/29.5 mi away/5,157 ft/1,653 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,206of 1,869

measured daily2 instruments

Star Valley 27.5 NNEAZ-CN-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/6,827 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Payson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.5 mi from Blue Ridge, Arizona. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 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 Payson, 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 PANFIG. A THE SKY OVER PAYSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPayson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Payson: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PANFIG. B THE AIR AT PAYSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.9 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEPayson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Payson, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PANFIG. C THE WIND AT PAYSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPayson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Blue Ridge R.S. (BRGA3), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Blue Ridge

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