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Vista, California

City in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Vista

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 21 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Vista

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vista, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Vista 1.2 NCA-SD-88

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/405 ft/67 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Vista 2 NNEVSTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/531 ft/193 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW3055, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.7 mi from Vista, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the east southeast (121 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW3055, north up: blowing from 121 degrees, the east southeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 2; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3055FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW3055PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 121°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW3055, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3055TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW3055-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 437 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.45 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.91 inHg means its barometer reads 29.44 inHg; it reports 68.0 F, 10.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW3055 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 437 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.45 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.91 and the station pressure it means, 29.44.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3055FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW3055 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW30552 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT437 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 HERE29.45 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.91 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.44 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLECitizen station EW3055, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3055TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW3055-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 33.24 N, and the day is 11 h 12 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW3055, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 12 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3055FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW3055ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 12 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.24 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW3055, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3055TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW3055-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW3055, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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