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Point Arena, California

City in Mendocino County, California

Air quality

The air at Point Arena

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Ukiah (CA), 31 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Point Arena

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Point Arena, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Point Arena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Point Arena 0.2 WCA-MD-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/213 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fort RossFORC1

At a cooperative observer's station/36.7 mi away/132 ft/99 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Little River, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.3 mi from Point Arena, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Little River, 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 LLRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE RIVERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELittle River, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LLRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Little River: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLRFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE RIVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.2 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLELittle River, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Little River, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLRFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE RIVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle River, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Little River, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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