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East Shore, California

Community in Plumas County, California

Air quality

The air at East Shore

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Quincy (CA), 23 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good22.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Shore

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 East Shore, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest East Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ChesterO05

At an airfield/9.1 mi away/4,534 ft/60 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,645of 4,465

Eagle LakeS2192

At a soil climate station/31.3 mi away/5,134 ft/540 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,513of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Westwood 4.9 WSWCA-PM-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/4,629 ft/35 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ChesterCHEC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/4,547 ft/47 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Chester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from East Shore, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chester, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O05FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHESTERSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 3,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChester, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Chester: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.8, 28 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O05FIG. B THE AIR AT CHESTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 24.8 FSPREAD 32.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 28 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 POINTTITLEChester, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chester, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 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 O05FIG. C THE WIND AT CHESTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChester, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near East Shore

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near East Shore

River and lake gauges