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Beckwourth, California

Community in Plumas County, California

Air quality

The air at Beckwourth

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Portola (CA), 4 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good4.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Beckwourth

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Beckwourth, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Beckwourth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DoyleCD006

Beside a road/20.0 mi away/4,281 ft/1,120 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank2,486of 4,465

Citizen station FW9354FW9354

In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.4 mi away/4,907 ft/494 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Portola 1.1 NNWCA-PM-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/4,956 ft/445 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PortolaPRAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/4,848 ft/553 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Susanville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 37.5 mi from Beckwourth, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 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 Susanville, 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 SVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUSANVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESusanville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Susanville: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVEFIG. B THE AIR AT SUSANVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.5 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 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 POINTTITLESusanville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Susanville, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVEFIG. C THE WIND AT SUSANVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESusanville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Portola (PRAC1), 4.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Beckwourth

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