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French Gulch, California

Community in Shasta County, California

Air quality

The air at French Gulch

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Weaverville (CA), 16 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate15.9 mi
  • Ozone-37 ppb12.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at French Gulch

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at French Gulch, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest French Gulch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HoadleyHDLC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/4,354 ft/3,000 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank4,190of 4,465

BuckhornCD005

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/2,674 ft/1,320 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank3,747of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Lewiston 0.6 NCA-TY-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/1,959 ft/605 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Weaverville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from French Gulch, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 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 Weaverville, 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 O54FIG. A THE SKY OVER WEAVERVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWeaverville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS O54TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O54-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Weaverville: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O54FIG. B THE AIR AT WEAVERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.2 FTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEWeaverville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS O54TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O54-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Weaverville, 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 O54FIG. C THE WIND AT WEAVERVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWeaverville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS O54TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O54-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Weaverville, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near French Gulch

River and lake gauges