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Yosemite West, California

Community in Mariposa County, California

Air quality

The air at Yosemite West

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Yosemite National Park (CA), 4 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone44Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Yosemite West

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 Yosemite West, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Yosemite West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Yosemite Park HeadquartersYPQC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/4,029 ft/1,618 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Mariposa 7.1 ECA-MP-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/3,210 ft/2,437 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Yosemite Village 12 W, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.9 mi from Yosemite West, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 6:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.4 F with a dew point of 23.5 F, 25 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Yosemite Village 12 W: temperature 59.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.5, 25 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53150FIG. B THE AIR AT YOSEMITE VILLAGE 12 WTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 8,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.4 FTEMPERATURE 59.4 FDEW POINT 23.5 FSPREAD 35.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 25 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 POINTTITLEYosemite Village 12 W, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53150TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53150-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Yosemite Village 12 W, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53150FIG. C THE WIND AT YOSEMITE VILLAGE 12 WPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYosemite Village 12 W, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53150TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53150-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,620 ft above sea level, 22 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.42 inHg and the temperature at 35.4 F; it reports 59.4 F, 24.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Yosemite Village 12 W stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,620 feet above sea level with 22 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.42 inches of mercury, and temperature, 35.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 53150FIG. D WHERE YOSEMITE VILLAGE 12 W 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 ATMOSPHEREYOSEMITE VILLAGE 12 W22 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,620 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 HERE23.42 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE35.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.4 FTITLEYosemite Village 12 W, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 53150TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-53150-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Yosemite Village 12 W, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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