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Kernville, California

Community in Kern County, California

Air quality

The air at Kernville

Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Coso Junction (CA), 34 miles off.

6Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Kernville

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Kernville, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kernville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PortervillePTV

At an airfield/39.9 mi away/436 ft/2,256 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank70of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Isabella 0.7 SWCA-KN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/2,518 ft/174 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Porterville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 39.9 mi from Kernville, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:56 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 Porterville, 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 PTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORTERVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPorterville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Porterville: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTVFIG. B THE AIR AT PORTERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 23.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 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 POINTTITLEPorterville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Porterville, 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 PTVFIG. C THE WIND AT PORTERVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPorterville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Porterville, 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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Near Kernville

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Near Kernville

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