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Inverness, California

Community in Marin County, California

Air quality

The air at Inverness

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, San Rafael (CA), 20 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good19.8 mi
  • Ozone32Good23 ppb19.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.8 ppb19.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm19.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Inverness

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Inverness, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NovatoDVO

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/3 ft/478 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank32of 4,465

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/19.8 mi away/63 ft/418 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Tomales 1.3 ENECA-MR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/128 ft/353 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Novato, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Inverness, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 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 Novato, 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 DVOFIG. A THE SKY OVER NOVATOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENovato, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Novato: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVOFIG. B THE AIR AT NOVATOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.0 FTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLENovato, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Novato, 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 DVOFIG. C THE WIND AT NOVATOPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENovato, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Novato, 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 Inverness

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

Near Inverness

River and lake gauges