Horse Meadow SnotelHORC1
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.6 mi away/8,557 ft/2,165 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Mesa Vista
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Mesa Vista until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mesa Vista is 49° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 71°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 49°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%) and Wednesday (50%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Mesa Vista, California.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 13 miles off.
Yesterday measured 6, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mesa Vista, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mesa Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Horse Meadow SnotelHORC1
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.6 mi away/8,557 ft/2,165 ft above here
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At an airfield/11.6 mi away/6,263 ft/129 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.6 mi away/6,279 ft/113 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/11.9 mi away/7,382 ft/990 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
South Lake Tahoe 1.4 ESECA-ED-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/6,298 ft/94 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/24.4 mi away/6,315 ft/77 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Mesa Vista, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
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.
At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.
The full report of South Lake Tahoe, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 24.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.