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Eldridge, California

Community in Sonoma County, California

Air quality

The air at Eldridge

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Davis (CA), 44 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Eldridge

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Eldridge, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Eldridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/30.3 mi away/63 ft/127 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Glen Ellen 0.7 ESECA-SN-179

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/316 ft/126 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SonomaSMAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/137 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Petaluma, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Eldridge, California. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:15 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 Petaluma, 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 O69FIG. A THE SKY OVER PETALUMASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPetaluma, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS O69TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-O69-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Petaluma: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O69FIG. B THE AIR AT PETALUMATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEPetaluma, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS O69TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-O69-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Petaluma, 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 O69FIG. C THE WIND AT PETALUMAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPetaluma, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS O69TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-O69-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Petaluma, 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 Eldridge

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