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Grand Canyon West, Arizona

Community in Mohave County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Grand Canyon West

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Boulder City (NV), 58 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 66, moderate, Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grand Canyon West

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grand Canyon West, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Grand Canyon West, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest Grand Canyon West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.8 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily1 instrument

Meadview 3.8 SAZ-MH-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.5 mi away/3,389 ft/344 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Meadview - Pierce Ferry, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.8 mi from Grand Canyon West, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

68.6 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Meadview - Pierce Ferry: temperature 68.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PFYA3FIG. B THE AIR AT MEADVIEW - PIERCE FERRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.4 FTEMPERATURE 68.6 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 31.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEMeadview - Pierce Ferry, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PFYA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PFYA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (49 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Meadview - Pierce Ferry, north up: blowing from 49 degrees, the northeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PFYA3FIG. C THE WIND AT MEADVIEW - PIERCE FERRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 49°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMeadview - Pierce Ferry, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PFYA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PFYA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,937 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.88 inHg and the temperature at 48.5 F; it reports 68.6 F, 20.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Meadview - Pierce Ferry stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,937 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.88 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PFYA3FIG. D WHERE MEADVIEW - PIERCE FERRY STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMEADVIEW - PIERCE FERRY10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,937 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.88 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.6 FTITLEMeadview - Pierce Ferry, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PFYA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PFYA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Meadview - Pierce Ferry, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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