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Sequoia Crest, California

Community in Tulare County, California

Air quality

The air at Sequoia Crest

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 24 miles off.

41Good
  • Ozone41Good47 ppb24 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Sequoia Crest

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sequoia Crest, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sequoia Crest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

PortervillePTV

At an airfield/26.4 mi away/436 ft/6,331 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank70of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Springville 7.0 NECA-TL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/4,631 ft/2,136 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LindsayLINC1

At a cooperative observer's station/23.8 mi away/420 ft/6,347 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,298of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Porterville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.4 mi from Sequoia Crest, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 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 Porterville, 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 PTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORTERVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPorterville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Porterville: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTVFIG. B THE AIR AT PORTERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.5 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEPorterville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Porterville, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, 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 PTVFIG. C THE WIND AT PORTERVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPorterville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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