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California Pines, California

Community in Modoc County, California

Air quality

The air at California Pines

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lakeview (OR), 56 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at California Pines

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 California Pines, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest California Pines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Ash ValleyS2214

At a soil climate station/24.7 mi away/5,097 ft/697 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,547of 4,465

PerezCD021

Beside a road/30.9 mi away/4,482 ft/82 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,435of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Adin 3.5 NNECA-MC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.2 mi away/4,269 ft/131 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Adin RsADNC1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/4,213 ft/187 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Devils Garden GOES, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.4 mi from California Pines, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 17.2 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Devils Garden GOES: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 17.2, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DEVILS GARDEN GOESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 11.2 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 17.2 FSPREAD 30.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEDevils Garden GOES, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ATSC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATSC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (37 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 3 mph.

Plan of the wind at Devils Garden GOES, north up: blowing from 37 degrees, the northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DEVILS GARDEN GOESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 37°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDevils Garden GOES, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ATSC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATSC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,016 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.88 inHg and the temperature at 41.1 F; it reports 48.0 F, 6.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Devils Garden GOES stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,016 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.88 inches of mercury, and temperature, 41.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSC1FIG. D WHERE DEVILS GARDEN GOES 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 ATMOSPHEREDEVILS GARDEN GOES17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,016 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 HERE24.88 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE41.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.0 FTITLEDevils Garden GOES, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ATSC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATSC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Devils Garden GOES, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Adin Rs (ADNC1), 20.6 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

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