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Camp Pendleton Mainside, California

Community in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Camp Pendleton Mainside

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 16 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good8.1 mi
  • Ozone38Good38 ppb8.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good8.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 153, unhealthy, Fri 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Camp Pendleton Mainside

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Camp Pendleton Mainside, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Camp Pendleton Mainside, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Camp Pendleton Mainside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bonsall 3.0 WCA-SD-199

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/367 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Vista 2 NNEVSTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/531 ft/152 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Camp Pendleton Mcas, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Camp Pendleton Mainside, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:52 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 Camp Pendleton Mcas, 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 NFGFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMP PENDLETON MCASSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECamp Pendleton Mcas, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NFGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NFG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Camp Pendleton Mcas: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NFGFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMP PENDLETON MCASTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.8 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 29.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLECamp Pendleton Mcas, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NFGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NFG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Camp Pendleton Mcas, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NFGFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMP PENDLETON MCASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamp Pendleton Mcas, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NFGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NFG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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