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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/4,573 ft/1,205 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Elizabeth Lake
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Elizabeth Lake until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Elizabeth Lake is 70° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the northeast at 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 62° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 59°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%) and Wednesday (55%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 39 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Elizabeth Lake, California.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Antelope Vly (CA), 15 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Elizabeth Lake, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Elizabeth Lake, 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 now4 instruments
Grass MountainGMTC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/4,573 ft/1,205 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/2,427 ft/941 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/11.2 mi away/2,346 ft/1,022 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/32.2 mi away/4,071 ft/703 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/3,015 ft/353 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lancaster 3.7 SWCA-LA-151
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/2,480 ft/888 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Elizabeth Lake, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 22 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,000 ft up.
From the east (100 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.