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Dutch Flat, California

Community in Placer County, California

Air quality

The air at Dutch Flat

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Colfax (CA), 10 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good9.7 mi
  • Ozone36Good40 ppb9.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dutch Flat

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Dutch Flat, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dutch Flat, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dutch Flat 0.7 SCA-PC-59

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/3,182 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Gold Run 2SWGLRC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/3,143 ft/34 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Blue Canyon - Nyack, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Dutch Flat, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:52 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 Blue Canyon - Nyack, 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 BLUFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLUE CANYON - NYACKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 22.0 F, 21 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Blue Canyon - Nyack: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 22.0, 21 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUFIG. B THE AIR AT BLUE CANYON - NYACKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,0000 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 9,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 14.1 FTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 22.0 FSPREAD 40.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 21 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 POINTTITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Blue Canyon - Nyack, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUFIG. C THE WIND AT BLUE CANYON - NYACKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Blue Canyon - Nyack, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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