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North Fork, California

Community in Madera County, California

Air quality

The air at North Fork

Index 67, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 35 miles off.

67Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone43Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)67Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at North Fork

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at North Fork, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest North Fork, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North Fork Ranger STNNOFC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/2,651 ft/494 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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North Fork 1.3 SECA-MA-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/2,756 ft/389 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fresno Air Terminal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.3 mi from North Fork, California. From its report of Oct 16, 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 Fresno Air Terminal, 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 FATFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRESNO AIR TERMINALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFresno Air Terminal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FAT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fresno Air Terminal: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FATFIG. B THE AIR AT FRESNO AIR TERMINALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.4 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 31.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLEFresno Air Terminal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FAT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fresno Air Terminal, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 6 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 FATFIG. C THE WIND AT FRESNO AIR TERMINALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFresno Air Terminal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FATTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FAT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fresno Air Terminal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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