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Valley Ranch, California

Community in Plumas County, California

Air quality

The air at Valley Ranch

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Portola (CA), 6 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Valley Ranch

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Valley Ranch, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Valley Ranch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Portola 0.5 WNWCA-PM-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/4,845 ft/355 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PortolaPRAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/4,848 ft/358 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Blairsden - Denton Creek, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.9 mi from Valley Ranch, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:34 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 23.3 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Blairsden - Denton Creek: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.3, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWKC1FIG. B THE AIR AT BLAIRSDEN - DENTON CREEKTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 17.1 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 23.3 FSPREAD 30.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEBlairsden - Denton Creek, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP MWKC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWKC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (52 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Blairsden - Denton Creek, north up: blowing from 52 degrees, the northeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWKC1FIG. C THE WIND AT BLAIRSDEN - DENTON CREEKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 52°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlairsden - Denton Creek, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP MWKC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWKC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,108 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.80 inHg and the temperature at 40.8 F; it reports 54.0 F, 13.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Blairsden - Denton Creek stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,108 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 40.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWKC1FIG. D WHERE BLAIRSDEN - DENTON CREEK STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBLAIRSDEN - DENTON CREEK17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,108 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 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE24.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE40.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLEBlairsden - Denton Creek, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP MWKC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWKC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Blairsden - Denton Creek, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Portola (PRAC1), 6.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

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