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Silver City, California

Community in Tulare County, California

Air quality

The air at Silver City

Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 10 miles off.

48Good
  • Ozone48Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Silver City, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Silver City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Lone PineO26

At an airfield/34.4 mi away/3,688 ft/3,207 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4,081of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Three Rivers 16.3 ECA-TL-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/7,536 ft/641 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ash MountainASHC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,650 ft/5,245 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lone Pine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.4 mi from Silver City, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:15 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 Lone Pine, 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 O26FIG. A THE SKY OVER LONE PINESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELone Pine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS O26TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O26-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 17 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lone Pine: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 17 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O26FIG. B THE AIR AT LONE PINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 10,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 13.9 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 46.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 17 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 POINTTITLELone Pine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS O26TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O26-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lone Pine, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT O26FIG. C THE WIND AT LONE PINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELone Pine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS O26TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-O26-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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

Near Silver City

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