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Buena Vista, California

Community in Amador County, California

Air quality

The air at Buena Vista

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Calaveras County (CA), 15 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good14.7 mi
  • Ozone34Good23 ppb8.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good14.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buena Vista

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Buena Vista, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buena Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JacksonJAQ

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/1,679 ft/1,371 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,385of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Camp PardeeCMPC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/604 ft/296 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,921of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Jackson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Buena Vista, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM 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 Jackson, 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 JAQFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEJackson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.7 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 21 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jackson: temperature 72.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 21 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JAQFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 9,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.6 FTEMPERATURE 72.7 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 42.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 21 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 POINTTITLEJackson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Jackson, 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 JAQFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEJackson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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