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Parkway, California

Community in Sacramento County, California

Air quality

The air at Parkway

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Sacramento (CA), 5 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good7.1 mi
  • Ozone18Good32 ppb9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good13.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb7.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm7.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Parkway

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Parkway, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Parkway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sacramento 3.8 SSECA-SA-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/31 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sacramento 5ESESMTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/43 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sacramento/Executiv, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.5 mi from Parkway, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM 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 Sacramento/Executiv, 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 SACFIG. A THE SKY OVER SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIVSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESacramento/Executiv, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SACTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sacramento/Executiv: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SACFIG. B THE AIR AT SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIVTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.1 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 33.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLESacramento/Executiv, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SACTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sacramento/Executiv, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the 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 SACFIG. C THE WIND AT SACRAMENTO/EXECUTIVPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESacramento/Executiv, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SACTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sacramento/Executiv, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Parkway

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Parkway

River and lake gauges