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Twin Lakes, California

Community in Mono County, California

Air quality

The air at Twin Lakes

Index 11, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 19 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good18.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good18.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Twin Lakes

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Twin Lakes, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Twin Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RancheriaS2236

At a soil climate station/13.9 mi away/7,200 ft/51 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,672of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

BridgeportBPTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/6,463 ft/686 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Slide Canyon, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.1 mi from Twin Lakes, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.9 F with a dew point of 15.5 F, 26 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 Slide Canyon: temperature 48.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.5, 26 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 SLIC1FIG. B THE AIR AT SLIDE CANYONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 7,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 9.0 FTEMPERATURE 48.9 FDEW POINT 15.5 FSPREAD 33.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 26 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 POINTTITLESlide Canyon, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SLIC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLIC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (44 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Slide Canyon, north up: blowing from 44 degrees, the northeast, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLIC1FIG. C THE WIND AT SLIDE CANYONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 44°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlide Canyon, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SLIC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLIC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 9,843 ft above sea level, 31 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 20.70 inHg and the temperature at 23.9 F; it reports 48.9 F, 25.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Slide Canyon stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 9,843 feet above sea level with 31 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 20.70 inches of mercury, and temperature, 23.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLIC1FIG. D WHERE SLIDE CANYON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESLIDE CANYON31 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT9,843 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE20.70 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE23.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.9 FTITLESlide Canyon, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SLIC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLIC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Slide Canyon, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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