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temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/California/Carnelian Bay
Carnelian Bay, California
Community in Placer County, California* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
54°
67°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Carnelian Bay until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carnelian Bay is 54° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 70°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 48°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%). Rain is possible Wednesday (44%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:28 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
35%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6738
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6836
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7039
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6737
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6137
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
5031
53%
Wed
Oct 21
4829
44%
54°
67°38°
68°36°
70°39°
67°37°
61°37°
50°31°
48°29°
As of 7:00 PM in Carnelian Bay, California.
Air quality
The air at Carnelian Bay
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Tahoe City area (CA), 6 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good6.1 mi
- Ozone35Good40 ppb6.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carnelian Bay
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Carnelian Bay, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Carnelian Bay, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Carnelian Bay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank4,086of 4,465
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/6,234 ft/123 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/5,899 ft/458 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW8247FW8247
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/5,914 ft/443 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tahoe City 0.6 NNECA-PC-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/6,370 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoe CityTAHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/6,234 ft/123 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Truckee-Tahoe, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Carnelian Bay, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
53.6 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 32 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.
The wind
From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Truckee-Tahoe, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoe City (TAHC1), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Carnelian Bay
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tahoe Vistacommunity, 1 mi
- Cedar Flatcommunity, 2 mi
- Kings Beachcommunity, 3 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 4 mi
- Northstarsurveyed ski area, 4 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 7 mi
- Truckeetown, 9 mi
- Palisades Tahoesurveyed ski area, 9 mi
- Homewoodski area, 11 mi
- Floristoncommunity, 11 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 12 mi
- Donner Passfeature, 14 mi