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Diablo, California

Community in Contra Costa County, California

Air quality

The air at Diablo

Index 45, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Concord (CA), 10 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
  • Ozone45Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Diablo

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. 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 Diablo, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Diablo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BlackhawkBHWC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/1,804 ft/1,211 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank612of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Alamo 1.4 ESECA-CC-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/521 ft/72 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Diablo - Mount DiabloMDJC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/3,102 ft/2,509 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Concord/Buchanan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Diablo, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 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 Concord/Buchanan, 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 CCRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CONCORD/BUCHANANSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEConcord/Buchanan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CCRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Concord/Buchanan: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CCRFIG. B THE AIR AT CONCORD/BUCHANANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.1 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLEConcord/Buchanan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Concord/Buchanan, 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 CCRFIG. C THE WIND AT CONCORD/BUCHANANPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEConcord/Buchanan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Concord/Buchanan, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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Near Diablo

River and lake gauges