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Bear Valley, California

Community in Alpine County, California

Air quality

The air at Bear Valley

Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 30 miles off.

7Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bear Valley

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bear Valley, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bear Valley, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bear Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hwy 50 at Echo SummitCD029

Beside a road/23.8 mi away/7,382 ft/87 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Arnold - Calaveras Big TreesARNC1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.4 mi away/4,763 ft/2,706 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Arnold 3.2 ENECA-CV-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.2 mi away/4,036 ft/3,433 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at South Lake Tahoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.5 mi from Bear Valley, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 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 South Lake Tahoe, 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 TVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTH LAKE TAHOESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 24.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at South Lake Tahoe: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOETHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 17.7 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 24.0 FSPREAD 31.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at South Lake Tahoe, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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