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Paramount, California

City in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Paramount

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, S Central LA CO (CA), 4 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate2.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good6 ppb2.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-12.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide48Good51.5 ppb2.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb12.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm2.6 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Paramount

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 Paramount, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paramount, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Long Beach Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Paramount, 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 Long Beach Airport, 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 LGBFIG. A THE SKY OVER LONG BEACH AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELong Beach Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 23 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Long Beach Airport: temperature 82.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 23 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGBFIG. B THE AIR AT LONG BEACH AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.5 FTEMPERATURE 82.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 23 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 POINTTITLELong Beach Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Long Beach Airport, north up: 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 LGBFIG. C THE WIND AT LONG BEACH AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELong Beach Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Long Beach Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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