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Mission Hills, California

Community in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Mission Hills

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lompoc (CA), 4 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good21.5 mi
  • Ozone42Good50 ppb2.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good3.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.2 ppb23.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Mission Hills

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Mission Hills, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mission Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

LompocLOMC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/95 ft/250 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Lompoc 4.9 SCA-SB-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/468 ft/123 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lompoc (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Mission Hills, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:51 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 Lompoc (AWOS), 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 LPCFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOMPOC (AWOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELompoc (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lompoc (AWOS): temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPCFIG. B THE AIR AT LOMPOC (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.4 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLELompoc (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lompoc (AWOS), north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPCFIG. C THE WIND AT LOMPOC (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELompoc (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lompoc (AWOS), 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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