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El Cerrito, California

City in Contra Costa County, California

Air quality

The air at El Cerrito

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Oakland (CA), 8 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at El Cerrito

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at El Cerrito, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest El Cerrito, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/7 ft/113 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

BerkleyBEYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/333 ft/213 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oakland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from El Cerrito, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM 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 Oakland, 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 OAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKLANDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOakland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oakland: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OAKFIG. B THE AIR AT OAKLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEOakland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OAK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oakland, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OAKFIG. C THE WIND AT OAKLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOakland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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