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Cuyama, California

Community in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Cuyama

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Paradise Road (CA), 29 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Cuyama

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cuyama, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Cuyama, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

New Cuyama Fire StationCYMC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/3.9 mi away/2,162 ft/116 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Pine Mountain Club 1.1 WNWCA-KN-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.6 mi away/5,518 ft/3,240 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Santa Ynez, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.6 mi from Cuyama, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 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 Santa Ynez, 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 IZAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA YNEZSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESanta Ynez, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IZA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Santa Ynez: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IZAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA YNEZTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 28.8 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 POINTTITLESanta Ynez, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IZA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Santa Ynez, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 6 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 IZAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA YNEZPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanta Ynez, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IZA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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