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Bowles, California

Community in Fresno County, California

Air quality

The air at Bowles

Index 91, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 13 miles off.

91Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)91Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bowles

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Bowles, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bowles, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Selma 4.6 WCA-FR-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/293 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fresno 5 NEFYIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/328 ft/50 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,799of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW5276, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.6 mi from Bowles, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the southeast (128 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW5276, north up: blowing from 128 degrees, the southeast, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5276FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW5276PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 128°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW5276, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5276TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5276-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 301 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.60 inHg and the temperature at 57.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.12 inHg means its barometer reads 29.79 inHg; it reports 76.0 F, 18.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW5276 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 301 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.60 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.12 and the station pressure it means, 29.79.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5276FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW5276 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW52761 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT301 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 HERE29.60 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.12 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.79 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLECitizen station FW5276, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5276TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5276-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.77 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW5276, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5276FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW5276ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 77°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.77 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW5276, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5276TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5276-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW5276, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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