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Cressey, California

Community in Merced County, California

Air quality

The air at Cressey

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Merced (CA), 13 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good23.5 mi
  • Ozone13Good9 ppb23.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)38Good23.5 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Cressey

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Cressey, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cressey, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Livingston 0.2 NNWCA-ME-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/131 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Turlock No2TURC1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/91 ft/74 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Amsterdam Road - Merced River, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.5 mi from Cressey, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 43.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Amsterdam Road - Merced River: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAJC1FIG. B THE AIR AT AMSTERDAM ROAD - MERCED RIVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 43.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEAmsterdam Road - Merced River, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP MAJC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAJC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Amsterdam Road - Merced River, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAJC1FIG. C THE WIND AT AMSTERDAM ROAD - MERCED RIVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAmsterdam Road - Merced River, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP MAJC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAJC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 182 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.72 inHg and the temperature at 58.4 F; it reports 45.0 F, 13.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Amsterdam Road - Merced River stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 182 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.72 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAJC1FIG. D WHERE AMSTERDAM ROAD - MERCED RIVER 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 ATMOSPHEREAMSTERDAM ROAD - MERCED RIVER1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT182 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 HERE29.72 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.0 FTITLEAmsterdam Road - Merced River, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP MAJC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAJC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Amsterdam Road - Merced River, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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