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Cambria, California

Community in San Luis Obispo County, California

Air quality

The air at Cambria

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Morro Bay (CA), 20 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.3 mi
  • Ozone44Good14 ppb24.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.9 ppb24.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cambria

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Cambria, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cambria, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

San Simeon 0.3 ECA-SL-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/51 ft/188 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Hearst CastleHSCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/1,611 ft/1,372 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank127of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Paso Robles, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.8 mi from Cambria, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 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 Paso Robles, 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 PRBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PASO ROBLESSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPaso Robles, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PRBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Paso Robles: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 44 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRBFIG. B THE AIR AT PASO ROBLESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.6 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 44 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 POINTTITLEPaso Robles, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Paso Robles, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRBFIG. C THE WIND AT PASO ROBLESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPaso Robles, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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