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Mountain Center, California

Community in Riverside County, California

Air quality

The air at Mountain Center

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Banning (CA), 17 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good16.6 mi
  • Ozone42Good45 ppb16.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-22.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb16.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mountain Center

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Mountain Center, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mountain Center, 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 now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Idyllwild-Pine Cove 0.9 SECA-RV-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/5,629 ft/933 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Idyllwild Fire DeptIDYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/5,906 ft/1,210 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Palm Springs Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.7 mi from Mountain Center, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 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 Palm Springs Rgnl, 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 PSPFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALM SPRINGS RGNLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPalm Springs Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PSPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

83.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Palm Springs Rgnl: temperature 83.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSPFIG. B THE AIR AT PALM SPRINGS RGNLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 10,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.4 FTEMPERATURE 83.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 47.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLEPalm Springs Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Palm Springs Rgnl, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSPFIG. C THE WIND AT PALM SPRINGS RGNLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPalm Springs Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PSP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Palm Springs Rgnl, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Mountain Center

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