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Ponderosa, New Mexico

Community in Sandoval County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Ponderosa

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 32 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone24Good20 ppb24.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ponderosa

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Ponderosa, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

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On the radar over Ponderosa, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ponderosa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Los Alamos 13 W03062

At a climate reference station/15.4 mi away/8,716 ft/2,357 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank566of 950

Los AlamosLAM

At an airfield/26.5 mi away/7,149 ft/790 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank279of 950

measured daily2 instruments

Jemez Pueblo 2.4 NNM-SN-107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/5,635 ft/724 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jemez SpringsJEMN5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/6,871 ft/512 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Los Alamos, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.5 mi from Ponderosa, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:15 AM 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 Los Alamos, 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 LAMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOS ALAMOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELos Alamos, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LAM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 12.4 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Los Alamos: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 12.4, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAMFIG. B THE AIR AT LOS ALAMOSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 5,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 7.8 FTEMPERATURE 35.6 FDEW POINT 12.4 FSPREAD 23.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLELos Alamos, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LAM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Los Alamos, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAMFIG. C THE WIND AT LOS ALAMOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELos Alamos, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LAM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ponderosa

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ponderosa

River and lake gauges