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Padre Ranchitos, Arizona

Community in Yuma County, Arizona

Air quality

The air at Padre Ranchitos

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Yuma (AZ), 5 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone32Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Padre Ranchitos

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Padre Ranchitos, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Padre Ranchitos, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Padre Ranchitos, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Yuma Quartermaster DepotYQDA3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/149 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Yuma 7.1 SEAZ-YM-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/208 ft/91 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Yuma Mcas, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.1 mi from Padre Ranchitos, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:57 PM 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 Yuma Mcas, 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 NYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER YUMA MCASSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEYuma Mcas, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 25 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Yuma Mcas: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 25 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYLFIG. B THE AIR AT YUMA MCASTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 8,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.8 FTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 39.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 25 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 POINTTITLEYuma Mcas, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Yuma Mcas, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYLFIG. C THE WIND AT YUMA MCASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYuma Mcas, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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