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Kirkwood, California

Community in Alpine County, California

Air quality

The air at Kirkwood

Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 15 miles off.

7Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Kirkwood

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 Kirkwood, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kirkwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hwy 50 at Echo SummitCD029

Beside a road/8.8 mi away/7,382 ft/356 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

South Lake Tahoe 0.8 SSWCA-ED-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.1 mi away/6,270 ft/1,468 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tahoma CaTAAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/25.8 mi away/6,315 ft/1,423 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,448of 4,465

Station report

The weather at South Lake Tahoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Kirkwood, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over South Lake Tahoe, 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 TVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTH LAKE TAHOESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 24.0 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at South Lake Tahoe: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.0, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.6 FTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 24.0 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 6,263 ft above sea level, 21 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.74 inHg and the temperature at 36.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.47 inHg means its barometer reads 24.18 inHg; it reports 51.0 F, 14.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where South Lake Tahoe stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,263 feet above sea level with 21 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.74 inches of mercury, and temperature, 36.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.47 and the station pressure it means, 24.18.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. D WHERE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESOUTH LAKE TAHOE21 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,263 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE23.74 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE36.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.47 inHgITS BAROMETER READS24.18 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.0 FTITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of South Lake Tahoe, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 25.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

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Near Kirkwood

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