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Live Oak, California

City in Sutter County, California

Air quality

The air at Live Oak

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Gridley (CA), 5 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Live Oak

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Live Oak, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Live Oak, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Marysville/Yuba CountyMYV

At an airfield/12.9 mi away/56 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

OrovilleOROC1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/158 ft/81 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station KN6TED, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.0 mi from Live Oak, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northeast (18 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KN6TED, north up: blowing from 18 degrees, the north northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN6TEDFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KN6TEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 18°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KN6TED, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 51 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.87 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 30.00 inHg; it reports 71.0 F, 12.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KN6TED stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 51 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.87 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 30.00.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN6TEDFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KN6TED 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KN6TED0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT51 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 HERE29.87 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.00 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED71.0 FTITLECitizen station KN6TED, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.10 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KN6TED, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN6TEDFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KN6TEDELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.10 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KN6TED, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KN6TED, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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