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Charleston View, California

Community in Inyo County, California

Air quality

The air at Charleston View

Index 13, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Pahrump (NV), 17 miles off.

13Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good14.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Charleston View

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Charleston View, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest Charleston View, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Horse Thief Springs RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.6 mi from Charleston View, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:51 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 33.9 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Horse Thief Springs RAWS: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.9, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. B THE AIR AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.2 FTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 33.9 FSPREAD 27.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTSC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (175 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Horse Thief Springs RAWS, north up: blowing from 175 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. C THE WIND AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 175°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTSC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,131 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.77 inHg and the temperature at 40.7 F; it reports 61.0 F, 20.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Horse Thief Springs RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,131 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.77 inches of mercury, and temperature, 40.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. D WHERE HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREHORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWS17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,131 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 HERE24.77 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE40.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTSC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Horse Thief Springs RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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