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Greenville, California

Community in Plumas County, California

Air quality

The air at Greenville

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Quincy (CA), 14 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Greenville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Greenville, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Greenville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

CashmanCHAC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/4,442 ft/854 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank837of 4,465

ChesterO05

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/4,534 ft/946 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,645of 4,465

Eagle LakeS2192

At a soil climate station/35.0 mi away/5,134 ft/1,546 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,513of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Westwood 4.9 WSWCA-PM-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/4,629 ft/1,041 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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QuincyQCYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/3,432 ft/156 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank116of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Chester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Greenville, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 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 Chester, 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 O05FIG. A THE SKY OVER CHESTERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEChester, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 21.2 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chester: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.2, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O05FIG. B THE AIR AT CHESTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 15.1 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 21.2 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEChester, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chester, 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 O05FIG. C THE WIND AT CHESTERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChester, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS O05TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O05-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Greenville

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Greenville

River and lake gauges