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Empire, Nevada

Community in Washoe County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Empire

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fernley (NV), 67 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Empire

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Empire, NevadaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 1 instruments nearest Empire, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.6 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Station report

The weather at Bluewing Mountain RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.6 mi from Empire, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:37 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 20.7 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bluewing Mountain RAWS: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 20.7, 28 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUN2FIG. B THE AIR AT BLUEWING MOUNTAIN RAWSTHE 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 7,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 14.3 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 20.7 FSPREAD 32.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 28 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 POINTTITLEBluewing Mountain RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BLUN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLUN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (299 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 14 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bluewing Mountain RAWS, north up: blowing from 299 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 14; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUN2FIG. C THE WIND AT BLUEWING MOUNTAIN RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 299°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBluewing Mountain RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BLUN2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLUN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,672 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.20 inHg and the temperature at 42.3 F; it reports 53.0 F, 10.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bluewing Mountain RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,672 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.20 inches of mercury, and temperature, 42.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUN2FIG. D WHERE BLUEWING MOUNTAIN RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREBLUEWING MOUNTAIN RAWS16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,672 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 HERE25.20 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE42.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLEBluewing Mountain RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BLUN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLUN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bluewing Mountain RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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