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Squirrel Mountain Valley, California

Community in Kern County, California

Air quality

The air at Squirrel Mountain Valley

Index 77, moderate, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 38 miles off.

77Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
  • Ozone77Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)66Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Squirrel Mountain Valley

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 Squirrel Mountain Valley, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Squirrel Mountain Valley, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Squirrel Mountain Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

TehachapiTSP

At an airfield/33.7 mi away/4,001 ft/1,077 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,402of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Isabella 0.7 SWCA-KN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/2,518 ft/406 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Tehachapi, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.7 mi from Squirrel Mountain Valley, 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 Tehachapi, 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 TSPFIG. A THE SKY OVER TEHACHAPISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETehachapi, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TSPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TSP-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 Tehachapi: 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 TSPFIG. B THE AIR AT TEHACHAPITHE 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 POINTTITLETehachapi, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TSPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TSP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Tehachapi, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TSPFIG. C THE WIND AT TEHACHAPIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETehachapi, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TSPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TSP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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