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Fort Washington, California

Community in Fresno County, California

Air quality

The air at Fort Washington

Index 80, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 7 miles off.

80Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)80Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Washington

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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Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Washington, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Washington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fresno 7.4 NNECA-FR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/384 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fresno 5 NEFYIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/328 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,799of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Fresno Air Terminal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Fort Washington, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Fresno Air Terminal, 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 FATFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRESNO AIR TERMINALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFresno Air Terminal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fresno Air Terminal: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FATFIG. B THE AIR AT FRESNO AIR TERMINALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.6 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 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 POINTTITLEFresno Air Terminal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fresno Air Terminal, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the 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 FATFIG. C THE WIND AT FRESNO AIR TERMINALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFresno Air Terminal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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